Limited service could restart on New York's Metro North and Long Island Rail Road services on Wednesday afternoon, he added.
Federal investigators are trying to determine what caused Friday's derailment of a northbound Metro-North train that struck Metro-North train that was headed south.
Each day, approximately 30, 000 Metro-North customers use the stations where service has been shut down, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates Metro-North.
Take the New Haven Metro North line from Grand Central Station to New Haven State Street Station, about an hour and 45 minute trip.
Malloy said the state would set up a system taking rail Metro North patrons from Bridgeport to the closest operable station, in South Norwalk, during the shutdown.
Metro-North President Howard Permut calls the work the wholesale reconstruction of a two-track electrified railroad.
Metro-North said train service will remain suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven until further notice.
That train struck the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation.
This past December, a Metro-North train struck a car at a grade crossing in Redding, Conn.
The derailment was the most serious crash of its type for Metro-North in many years.
Other commuter rail lines, including Metro-North in New York and Connecticut, were still running Friday afternoon.
Metro-North rail lines could also be closed at any time should winds exceed 40 mph.
The NTSB has allowed Metro-North to begin removing some of the track and wire from the scene.
And Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line relies on overhead power lines that could get tangled in blown foliage.
Metro-North and the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, both declined to comment on that assertion.
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The MTA operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation.
All travel was halted on the New Haven Line, which carries both Metro-North and Amtrak trains along the Connecticut coast.
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The last significant train collision involving Metro-North occurred in 1988 when a train engineer was killed in Mount Vernon, N.
Malloy says roads could be a mess for a week as Metro-North Railroad crews repair tracks, overhead wires and other equipment.
In July, a trainload of Metro-North passengers was stranded for about an hour without water or air conditioning near Westport, Conn.
No longer a long-distance train terminal, Grand Central serves commuters going to and from New York's northern suburbs via Metro-North Railroad.
When the NTSB concludes the on-site phase of its investigation, Metro-North will begin to remove the damaged rail cars and remaining debris.
Only after the damaged train cars have been removed can Metro-North begin the work of rebuilding the damaged tracks and overhead wires.
Metro-North President Howard Permut predicted a "normal" rush-hour train schedule Wednesday morning.
Jim Cameron, chairman of a commuter group, the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council, said a Metro-North commuter alert was emailed at 3:30 a.m.
More closely watched as the storm approached were the region's commuter rail lines, including Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit.
Metro-North Railroad lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line.
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Data recorders on board are expected to provide the speed of the Metro-North trains at the time of the crash and other information, he said.
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