M8 Metro-North New Haven Line Railcar Tour - StationStops.co

On May 22, 2008, a prototype of the interior of the new M8 railcars for the Metro-North New Haven Line were put on display at the New Haven Metro-North Station.

Passengers were invited to tour the cars and offer feedback for last minute changes before the cars are delivered in late 2009.

StationStops.com produced this video tour of the prototype, outlining its improved features.

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• m8
• new
• haven
• line
• metro-north
• railcar

[maychen]

Why no wi-fi? Here in Seattle we have free wi-fi and you have many more people so it seems unfair. It also seems wrong in today's world not to have internet access while people are on their way to/from their jobs.

[stationstops]

I'm actually for focusing on cell service improvement rather than WiFi. There are lots of dead spots (most notably, Grand Central Tunnels) for cellphone usage, and most NYC commuters live by their 3G smartphone, not laptop.

Any Wifi solution would likely be a 3G bridge anyway - not an exciting investment in 2009.

[jetsdad100]

i'd think that Amtrak's Adirondack is better than these "fabulous" m8 cars

[stationstops]

Well, of course - Amtrack is not a commuter train and costs a hell of a lot more.

If you wanted to spend $2200 a month commuting between New Haven and New York on a cushy Amtrack train, there's nothing stopping you.

Otherwise, you can take Metro-North for $386.

[Biglele208]

Shut up I like it

[R424576]

I like the M-8. Those M-8 look good. In the future were going to have M-9 for the LIRR.

[SchindlerHaughton]

I really don't think the M2s are that bad. Metro North has always kept them up pretty well, and the seats are better than the LIRR M7s if you ask me (never been on a Metro North M7, to be fair).

[SchindlerHaughton]

@LIRR175: They only started rolling them out in early-mid 2011.

[Badchoicesmade]

Sitting next the Lav on the old cars is still not to be desired.

The only thing I'll miss about the M2,4,6 trains are the memories.

[fvk32771]

I rode on the old cars. They are not missed. We had the same cars since Nelson Rockefeller (NY) and Meskill (CT) Administrations. The old cars were nasty, Reflective of the age we live in, the uncertainty surrounding the bar car is telling. The bar car is a needed sideshow for commuters. I hope that these trains, though serve the public as well as the old Bombardier models.

[LIRR175]

Late 2009? Ha!

I rode the M2's on a roundtrip GCT-NHV a few months ago: Very, very rough, and I certainly would not want to ride it every day. Bathrooms weren't that bad, though.

[wiedep]

M8's, port-o-san's on wheels.

uncomfortable, noisy and smelly...

[alexsuchapimp]

@BrickBuilder15 they still don't have them!

[nicky2175]

I like it

[ENTERTAINMENT35]

@R424576 yeah what a shame. i dont see why the LIRR cant leave a few M1 and M3 trains in service instead of getting rid of all of them! they should have kept like 3 M1 trains and when we get the M9 they should keep 5 M3 trains in service. those M1 and M3 are classic

[ENTERTAINMENT35]

@romino707 yea it doenst really make sense to me either.. i mean the older M1 and M3 trains dont have the headrests etc as the new trains do but they could easily put a good handful of new trains on the New Haven Line on a daily bases along with some old trains like the LIRR does during weekdays.