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Re: Waterbury Branch Updates?

Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Sep 9 13:00:14 2022, in response to Re: Waterbury Branch Updates?, posted by Peter Rosa on Thu Sep 8 23:11:15 2022.

Yes, and that is still the case. The New Haven mainline, New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch, and Shore Line East all have wealthier white collar ridership bases while the Waterbury Branch and even the Hartford line to a certain extent have blue collar ridership bases that are more dependent on public transportation. Here's a link to an old blog post made by a Waterbury Branch conductor in 2009, pretty bleak stuff with quite a few passengers not even being able to afford the $2.25 fare:

Life on the Waterbury Branch

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