Westport station (Metro-North)
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| Location | 1 Railroad Place, Westport, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°07′12″N 73°22′17″W / 41.119986°N 73.37142°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Norwalk Transit District: S1, S2, S3, S4, Imperial Avenue Shuttle, Nyla Farms Shuttle | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 1,454 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 18 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 25, 1848[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 12.5 kV AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 2,625 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 25 of 124[3] | ||||||||||||
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The Westport station (also informally known as Saugatuck station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut. It is located in the center of the Saugatuck section of town, a few miles south of downtown Westport, and is one of two stations serving Westport. The station was named Westport & Saugatuck in timetables of the New Haven Railroad and the early years of its corporate successor, Penn Central.
Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms, the northern platform nine cars long, and the southern one tens cars long. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains. The New Haven Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.[4]: 21
The station has 1,454 parking spaces, 1,126 of them owned by the state.[5] The ticket office at this station was closed July 7, 2010 and tickets must be purchased from vending machines adjacent to the platforms.[6]
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right 
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| Track 3 | ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (East Norwalk) | |
| Track 1 | ← New Haven Line express trains do not stop here ← Amtrak services do not stop here | |
| Track 2 | Amtrak services do not stop here → New Haven Line express trains do not stop here → | |
| Track 4 | New Haven Line toward New Haven or New Haven State Street (Green's Farms) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right
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| G | Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
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
- ^ 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. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. 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.
- ^ [1]"Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" submitted by Urbitran Associates Inc. to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization", page 6, July 2003
- ^ "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro North Railroad. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
External links
Media related to Westport station (Metro-North) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Westport
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- [2] Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Westport Station" report dated December 2006
- entrance from Google Maps Street View
- http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf