U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today called for a Congressional hearing on this week’s service disruptions of the Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line.
The line, which was affected by an electrical problem in New York on Wednesday, is operating at 33 percent capacity today, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Administration.
The problem could take several weeks to fix.
Blumenthal wants Congress to analyze whether immediate investments in the line are necessary.
“For the 125,000 daily commuters who rely on our rail lines — the busiest lines in the nation — and our regional economy as a whole, this is unacceptable and intolerable,” Blumenthal said in a statement. “Congress must immediately investigate how this breakdown could have occurred, why contingency plans were not in place, and why reliable, timely estimates are not available for the restoration of service.”
