Cos Cob station
Cos Cob | |||||||||||||
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 An eastbound train at Cos Cob station in July 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Location | 1 Station Drive, Cos Cob, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 567 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 15 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | December 25, 1848 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 12.5 kV AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| January 15, 1972 | Station agent eliminated[1] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 928 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 58 of 124[2] | ||||||||||||
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Cos Cob Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Greenwich, Connecticut, USA | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°1′52″N 73°35′54″W / 41.03111°N 73.59833°WCoordinates: 41°1′52″N 73°35′54″W / 41.03111°N 73.59833°W | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1894 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 89000928 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 1989 | ||||||||||||
Cos Cob station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in the Cos Cob district of Greenwich, Connecticut.
History[]
On December 25, 1848, the last section of track on the railroad from New Haven to New York was completed over the Cos Cob Bridge. The first trial run was made on that day.[3]
The New York and New Haven Railroad was merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872, and the station became part of that railroad. Beginning in 1907, the NYNH&H built the Cos Cob power plant as part of an effort to electrify the main line. As with all New Haven Line stations along the Northeast Corridor, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central Railroad in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Station layout[]
The station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.[4]: 19
The station has 567 parking spaces, 361 owned by the state.[5]
Built in about 1894, the station house is a modest wood-frame structure measuring about 50 by 20 feet (15.2 m × 6.1 m). It has a clapboarded exterior, and an asymmetrical gabled roof with a short face toward the track, caused by the loss of the original platform shelter. The interior retains most of its original finishes. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Cos Cob Railroad Station.[6] The nearby Mianus River Railroad Bridge is also listed on the National Register. The Cos Cob Power Station, a former New Haven Railroad electrical substation on the western edge of that bridge, is also NRHP-registered despite being demolished during the turn of the millennium.
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right 
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| Track 3 | ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Greenwich) | |
| 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 Stamford (Riverside) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right
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| G | Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "7 County R.R. Stations to Quit Selling Tickets". The Bridgeport Post. January 6, 1972. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved March 28, 2020 – 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.
- ^ "Murals: Scenes from Yesteryear". Stamford Historical Society. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
- ^ "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). "Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization" (PDF). Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-12.
- ^ Bruce Clouette (August 29, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cos Cob Railroad Station". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1988 (see photo captions page 9 of text document)
External links[]
Media related to Cos Cob station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Cos Cob
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Condition Inspection for the Cos Cob Station; Connecticut Department of Transportation report, November 2002
- Fairfield County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
- http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf
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- Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Buildings and structures in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
- National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848