North’s Waterbury Branch, halted since the line suffered significant damage from flooding in August, will resume on Monday, Oct. 28, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced. Major washouts near Beacon Falls and Seymour,

Officials had estimated it could take until mid-November to repair extensive damage to the tracks in Seymour following flooding on the Naugatuck River.

Train service on the Metro-North Waterbury line will resume on Oct. 28 after facing damage from the August severe flooding, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The significant amount of rain created two washouts near Beacon Falls and Seymour that prevented trains from operating,