Greenwich station (Metro-North)
Greenwich | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 20 Railroad Avenue Greenwich, Connecticut | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°01′20″N 73°37′29″W / 41.022326°N 73.62462°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | State of Connecticut (platforms) Private ownership (station building)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | CT Transit Stamford: 11, I-BUS Express Norwalk Transit District: Greenwich Commuter Connection - Central Loop, West Loop | |||||||||||||||
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Parking | 1,274 spaces | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 15 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 25, 1848[2][3] | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | March 5, 1970 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | 4,032 daily boardings[4] | |||||||||||||||
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Greenwich station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is also the first/last stop for some express trains that originate/terminate at South Norwalk, Bridgeport, New Haven–Union Station or New Haven–State Street.[5]
History
The Penn Central Transportation Company opened the current station building on March 5, 1970, replacing an older structure, built by the New York & New Haven Railroad, which was demolished. As built the new building was a two-story structure with 8,550-square-foot (794 m2) of space. The station was the centerpiece of Greenwich Plaza, a new mixed-use retail development.[6][7] A proposed $45 million project, of which plans were shown in July 2019, would replace that building with a new station on the south side of the tracks.[8]
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.[9]: 19
Unlike most stations on the line, Greenwich station is owned and maintained by multiple agencies and organizations. The State of Connecticut owns the station's platforms, Metro-North maintains the platforms, but the station building and parking facilities are privately owned.[1]
As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership was 2,804, and there are 1,274 parking spots (none owned by the state, unlike most other railroad stations in Connecticut).[10]
Bibliography
- 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. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
References
- ^ a b "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. January 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ Jenkins 1912, p. 235.
- ^ "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ "New Haven Line" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. March 18, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ "New station for Greenwich" (PDF). Penn Central Post. May 1970. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
- ^ "Penn Central Opens Greenwich Station". The Bridgeport Post. March 6, 1970. p. 62. Retrieved October 1, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kaufman, Richard (July 11, 2019). "Town Unveils Plans to Redevelop Greenwich Train Station, Movie Theater". Greenwich Sentinel.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ New York Times 2006 Metro-North commuuter rail info
External links
- Media related to Greenwich station (Metro-North) at Wikimedia Commons