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September 16, 2016

Bar cars back on commuter trains

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Railroad cars equipped with bars for serving alcohol are returning to commuter trains running between New York City and Connecticut, restoring a tradition dating back 50 years that evoked the stylish cocktail-sipping scenes of the “Mad Men” TV show.

State officials plan to buy an additional 60 cars for Metro-North's New Haven Line and convert 10 of them into “cafe cars,” Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Tuesday. A prototype bar car is expected to be online by late 2018, with the others arriving beginning in late 2020.


 
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