Cab Views on the NEW Shore Line East Trains! | New London to New Haven with CT Rail

Hello and welcome to the beautiful coastal city of New London, Connecticut. Today we are taking a ride down south to New Haven on CT Rail’s Shoreline east!

_Trip Information_
Train Number: Shore Line East Train 1687
Consist: Two Kawasaki M8 EMUs
Departure Time: 6:05pm
Arrival Time: 7:15pm
Journey Time: 1 hr 10 min
Top Speed: 90 mph
Ticket Price: $10.25

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- Chapters -
0:00 Hello and Welcome to New London, CT!
0:41 New London Station
2:03 Acela Meet!
2:48 Route Map for this Evening
3:27 Our Train Arrives
4:20 Boarding Our M8 EMU
4:34 An EMPTY Coach?!
4:49 Departing New London
5:15 Seating on CT Rail's M8s
6:36 The Cab is Open!
7:37 Amazing Northeast Corridor Cab Views
7:59 Reaching 90 mph
8:18 MTA Branded, CT Dot Owned Trains
8:32 Subscribe! And Check out the Patreon!
9:01 Seating at the Rear of the Train
9:34 Old Saybrook and the Connecticut River
10:07 Our Coach is STILL Empty?!
10:17 More Views of America's Fastest Rail Line
10:31 Stats for Nerds!
11:26 An Acela Flies Past towards Boston
11:39 A Quick Look at the Bathrooms Onboard
12:12 Meeting up with the Hartford Line
12:33 New Haven State Street and Amtrak's Shortest Journey
13:02 Full Ride Video Available on the Second Channel
13:16 Arrival in New Haven
13:37 New Haven's Gorgeous Main Hall
13:57 Next Week: Amtrak's Illini from Chicago to Homewood, IL
14:09 Subscribe!
14:34 Thanks for Watching!

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These trains are primarily commuter trains. You would have seen many more riders in the opposite direction as it seemed to be late afternoon when you traveled. It is a welcome service for those of us who travel often between NYC and the CT shoreline. Thanks for this great report.

[mannysoloway]

I believe CT Rail is actually operated by Amtrak, though the cars are indeed owned jointly by the MTA and CTDOT

[willgibson]

I was there because I miss my stop to Madison 7:33

[anthonymorales]

Its a gem of a ride for sure. A unique view of our coastline

[nicolasaguilera]

Thats metro north railroad replaceitem as shore line east?

[_FF]

This one's a marriage of weird contracts. AMTRAK conductors/engineers/crew, MTA rolling stock, CT Rail line.

[JJRol.]

Love the review on the new CT Rail rolling stock!

[mmanisr]

The cars used on the SLE trains have had their third rail shoes removed, making them operable only with overhead wire for now

[deepnation]

The train was probably not full because if you were traveling in the afternoon, the commute is the other way.

[himbourbanist]

Good looking trains. I didn't even know this line existed, much less had existed since the 90's! Just goes to show how I little I know about the Northeast once you get past New York

[mirzaahmed]

Amtrak's "Value Fare" for NHV to NH-State St is only $0.50.

[josephj.]

Sorry I missed the premiere,
nice catch w/the 2 Acelas btw!😃

[timbacchus]

Love the old time lights at the first train station

[metropod]

M8s are split 2 to 1 between CDOT ownership and MTA ownership. with the exception of the pure third rail EMU fleet (formerly the M1A and M3A, today the M7A and the future M9A) for the Hudson and Harlem lines all "East of Hudson" Metro-North rolling stock is split. Four of the railroad's P32AC-DM dual modes are CDOT owned and wear a heritage New Haven paint scheme. the BL20GH are more evenly split and the CDOT ones wear the CT rail colors created when the Hartford Line was launched.

[rbjplay]

That was a fun video! Did a conductor never come to check your ticket? Wonder if they forgot they had the doors unlocked to that last car. But I would recommend closing the cab door next time, especially if you wanted to sit in the jump seat in front of the window, just to prevent train crew members from getting the wrong idea of you in the cab.

[connecticutmultimodaltrans]

Awesome video! I love SLE, done many miles on it. Sorry about the bathroom situation! That's definitely unusual.

New Haven's station is underrated!

[onemat]

The best place to ride or shoot video is big curve on Niantic Bay. I grew up riding the NHand later the Penn Central. The tracks were awful in thise days and train cars were falling apart.

[AndreiTupolev]

Many of these stations on commuter lines are surprisingly attractive. Is that front seat available when the cab is in use, or is it shut off for security reasons?

[CTrail]

The Shoreline M8s are getting CTrail logos.

[sideshowbob]

1:12 - You can see the steeple of the church that recently collapsed in the back ground.