Metro-North's M-8 rail cars made their grand debut Tuesday morning on the New Haven line. The first six-car train departed from Stamford at 10:30 and was scheduled to make all local stops on the way to Grand Central Terminal, the Connecticut Post reported.
It is the only M-8 train that will be in service on the New Haven line for the time being. A second is expected to arrive next month.
The new train should make its first run carrying paying customers within weeks, a Metro-North spokesman said. The cars must finish a testing period in which they run without
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