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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7098
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3750
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING CO MMUTER RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of 1
Transportation shall implement the following commuter rail projects 2
and initiatives: 3
(1) Providing wireless Internet accessibility to commuters on the 4
New Haven Line, as defined in section 13b-79o of the general statutes; 5
(2) Expanding the Danbury branch of the New Haven Line to 6
include the town of New Milford; 7
(3) Developing a new commuter rail station in the town of 8
Newington and on New Park Avenue in the town of West Hartford; 9
(4) Adding a roof or canopy covering at the Talmadge Hill 10
commuter rail station in the town of New Canaan to protect 11
commuters from rain and snow; 12
(5) Adding a passing siding at the New Canaan commuter rail 13 Raised Bill No. 7098
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station in the town of New Canaan; 14
(6) Expanding the northbound side of the parking lot and the train 15
platforms at the Stratford commuter rail station in the town of 16
Stratford; and 17
(7) Increasing the number of trains and frequency of service on the 18
Waterbury branch of the New Haven Line and expanding such branch 19
to include the towns of Seymour, Shelton and Derby. 20
Sec. 2. Section 13b-344a of the general statutes is repealed and the 21
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 22
No person shall cross railroad tracks at a designated railroad grade 23
crossing when warned by an automatic signal, crossing gates, flagman 24
or law enforcement officer of the approach of a railroad locomotive, a 25
railroad car or train or other equipment on the railroad tracks or when 26
otherwise warned of the approach of such [a] locomotive, car or train 27
or equipment. Violation of this section shall be an infraction. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 13b-344a
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) require the Commissioner of Transportation to implement
various commuter rail projects and initiatives, and (2) prohibit a
person from crossing railroad tracks when warned of the approach of
equipment on such tracks.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]