Renovations on the Darien Metro-North Railroad train station will not be completed until next year after multiple setbacks, according to First Selectman Jon Zagrodzky. Construction has been ongoing on extensive renovations on the downtown station, with upgrades including platform replacements on both sides, new hydraulic elevators and the state’s first electrically heated train platform, which would help the town avoid salting for ice in the winter. The eastern platform’s replacement is now slated to finish by the end of August and the entire project, barring any unforeseen delays, would likely wrap by March 2026 according to Zagrodzky. The estimated cost of the project, which is state funded, is now closer to $40 million, Zagrodzky said. The cost was originally estimated at $34 million, with the delays adding about $6 million the cost. Construction also reportedly ran into unexpected infrastructure when digging trenches for the electrical supply that would power the heated platform. Workers also found the demolished remains of a 19th century building that had been paved over, Zagrodzky said, which they then had to excavate to install the electrical infrastructure.
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