Number Of M-8s In Service Rises
RYE, NY (CBSNewYork) - There is some good news for those who ride the New Haven Line every day.
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It will be years before the fleet is completely replaced, but Metro-North and the Connecticut DOT have 78 of the new M-8 coaches.
58 of them are in daily service, representing more than 24 percent of daily trains.
In Rye, there is an understanding that you'd probably lose a bet that the next train is a new one.
"They're very nice. They're a lot nicer than these old bags of bolts," said one rider.
On many trains it still seems like a squeeze, in 24 of these new coaches are running in trains that are only six cars long.
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