Metro-North to substitute buses on Waterbury Branch

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WATERBURY — Buses will substitute for trains on the Waterbury Branch of Metro-North Railroad for the next three weekends, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

During the train outage, crews will perform track improvement work, including renewing three railroad crossings in Milford. They will replace the crossing surfaces, rails and ties at each location. Also, crews will upgrade the Washington Avenue bridge in Waterbury with new timbers. Elsewhere along the tracks, crews will cut brush and weld rail joints.

The service change began last weekend and will continue July 21 to 23, July 28 to 30 and Aug. 4 to 6. Substitute bus service will begin after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, and regular Waterbury Branch train service will resume with the first scheduled train on Monday.

Southbound buses will operate 15 to 30 minutes earlier than scheduled trains and will meet regularly scheduled trains at Bridgeport. Northbound buses will depart from Bridgeport at the usual train departure times after receiving customers from New Haven Line trains. Customers should allow for 15 to 40 minutes of additional travel time to reach their destination stations.