Housatonic Railroad plans to provide wifi on all trains. Ticket kiosks will be available at stations and other ticketing points. Mobile ticketing like that of Metro-North will also be available.

The current plans envisage some trains operating through to Grand Central and others stopping in Southeast where passengers will transfer from Housatonic trains to Metro North trains. The plans also provide for a transportation hub in New Milford, Connecticut where passengers can transfer from Housatonic trains to Metro North trains for service to South Norwalk [...]

Plans call for all trains to serve all stations between Pittsfield and Danbury. There may be express service between Danbury/Southeast and Grand Central Terminal.

Housatonic Railroad has proposed operating 8 trains per day in each direction. Operating 8 trains per day would provide a service that will enable visitors to the region and others to use the train service to move between towns in the Berkshires and to enable better coordination with regional bus services.

Service between Pittsfield and New York City is expected to take 3 hours and 55 minutes. Housatonic Railroad has created some sample schedules that assume some trains will operate directly into Grand Central and some will stop in Southeast, where passengers will transfer to Metro North trains. The sample schedules assume track upgrades to permit [...]

While the exact locations of stations is yet to be determined, Housatonic Railroad has proposed stops in Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee, Great Barrington, and Stockbridge in Massachusetts, and a regional station at the Massachusetts/Connecticut State line. Residents of Canaan, CT want the historic downtown station to be used. Further south in Connecticut, stations could be located [...]

The Housatonic Railroad Company (HRRC), a privately owned company based in Canaan, CT, provides freight service on the line between Danbury, CT and Pittsfield, MA, as well as along the Maybrook Line from Danbury to Southeast, NY. HRRC has proposed adding passenger service on the rail line they use, which would between Pittsfield, MA and [...]

Massachusetts funding was approved by legislature, 37 miles of track in Massachusetts was purchased by the Commonwealth from the Housatonic Railroad, and a phase 1 rehab project was approved by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors. Initial work is the laying of new ties. Efforts continue to get the full amount of [...]

The service will offer seating and services consistent with longer haul passenger coaches, not commuter rail. Some coaches will be equipped for bicycles and skis, and attractive food services will also appeal to today’s passengers.

While a detailed fare structure has not been developed, the rHousatonic Railroad in its 2010 financial projections has assumed a per-mile rate that is consistent with the fare structure on Metro North, which generally is in the range of 24 cents per mile. A NYC-Pittsfield ticket would then be about $36 each way.