Old Saybrook (Amtrak station)
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| Address | 455 Boston Post Road  Old Saybrook, CT 06475 |
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| Coordinates | 41°18′01″N 72°22′37″W / 41.3004°N 72.3770°WCoordinates: 41°18′01″N 72°22′37″W / 41.3004°N 72.3770°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Estuary Transit District | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25,000V (AC) overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | OSB | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 65,937[1]  3.1% (Amtrak) |
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Old Saybrook is a regional rail station located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It is served by both Amtrak regional rail and the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Shore Line East commuter service.
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[edit] Service
Located on the Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger railway in the United States, Old Saybrook station serves some of the rail services that pass through the station. Only a select few trains on Amtrak's Northeast Regional train line stop at Old Saybrook. No high-speed Acela Express trains serve the station but some stop at the following southbound and northbound stations, New Haven and New London, respectively. However, all Shore Line East commuter rail trains stop at Old Saybrook; it serves as the eastern terminus for some trains.[2] (New London is the eastern terminus of the line, with approximately half terminating there.)
Old Saybrook features a common track setup, with one island platform and one side platform. Unlike the two-track commuter-rail-only stations on the 81.6 km (50.7 mile)[3] stretch of the Northeast Corridor between New Haven and New London, there are three tracks at Old Saybrook, in order to handle terminal trains on Shore Line East.[3]
[edit] Parking
Ridership increases have rendered the station's parking lot insufficient, causing commuters to park along roads in town. The town of Old Saybrook is pressuring the Connecticut Department of Transportation to add parking space.[4]
[edit] Transit connections
- Estuary Transit District Shoreline Shuttle, Riverside Shuttle, and Niantic Shuttle. Also served by express bus service to Middletown.
[edit] See also
- Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of Connecticut" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/CONNECTICUT11.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Shore Line East/Westbound timetable Shore Line East Retrieved 2007-07-22
- ^ a b Amtrak - Old Saybrook, CT TrainWeb Retrieved 2007-07-22
- ^ "New England Dispatch". Railpace Newsmagazine. August 2008.
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