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Disruptions in Amtrak Acela trips between Boston and New York have been put off because there are further delays in bridge replacement work in eastern Connecticut.

Regular train schedules are therefore restored for June 16 through 19, Amtrak said today. A normal schedule will run this weekend.

An Amtrak statement said the company has been notified by the contractor working on the Thames River Bridge -- between New London and Groton -- that installing a new span has been delayed because of "complications encountered in the dismantling and removal of the bridge’s counterweight."

The plan was for all Acela Express service north of New York to be canceled during the project, and for express buses to run between New Haven and Providence to connect trains in those cities.

"Amtrak expects to receive more information from the contractor about the status of the project on Monday," the statement added. "At that point, Amtrak will provide more information about both the service schedules and expected project completion date."

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

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