Stratford station is a commuter rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Stratford, Connecticut. It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service. The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the Northeast Corridor.[2]: 22 The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.[3]
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 Stratford station in January 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2480 Main Street Stratford, Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′43″N 73°07′53″W / 41.195303°N 73.131523°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 1, 10, 16, 23, Coastal Link | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 294 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 20 (Metro-North) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 25, 1848 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,658 daily boardings[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station opened on December 25, 1848.[4][5] The first station building was constructed in 1849. A new station was built between 1853 and 1880; the older structure became a freight house and is no longer extant. The station building was moved east around 1894 when the line was quadruple-tracked, and a second building was added on the north (westbound) side. The buildings closed to passengers in 1973; the National Helicopter Museum opened in the eastbound (south) station building in 1983.[6]
Shore Line East service at Stratford was suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[7][8] while Waterbury Branch service was suspended indefinitely on April 6 due to a signalization project.[9] Waterbury Branch service resumed on October 26, 2020, and Shore Line East service resumed on October 7, 2024.[10]
References
edit- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Urbitran Associates Inc. (July 2003). "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2007."
- ^ Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day. New York, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 235.
- ^ "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780942147087.
- ^ @SLEalerts (March 13, 2020). "Effective 3/16/20, ALL weekday (Monday - Friday) CTrail Shore Line East trains will operate on an enhanced weekend schedule until further notice" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Shore Line East Service Information" (PDF). April 20, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Waterbury Branch, Weekday & Weekend Substitute Busing" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Stamford Through Service Returns to the Schedule" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. September 30, 2024.
External links
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