In 1955 a New Haven Railroad commuter train could run non-stop for the 36-mile distance from Stamford to Grand Central in 48 minutes. Today that Stamford to NYC run takes 59 minutes at best, despite Gov. Ned Lamont’s long-promised dream of a 30-minute trip time. Jim Cameron But now there’s a new effort to speed up the New Haven line: CDOT’s ambitious “Time for CT” $8-10 billion plan. It promises 10-minute faster running times from New Haven to New York by next year and a 25-minute quicker run by 2035. While some dream of a new high speed rail system running from Washington to Boston at 200+ mph speeds, the Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad are taking, in my view, a much more realistic approach to fixing our existing system. “Higher” speeds will be fine.