Stratford station (Connecticut)
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Location | 2480 Main Street, Stratford, Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°11′43″N 73°07′53″W / 41.195303°N 73.131523°WCoordinates: 41°11′43″N 73°07′53″W / 41.195303°N 73.131523°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | ConnDOT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 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[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 1,658[3] (MNRR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 38 of 124[3] (MNRR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stratford station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line and CTrail's Shore Line East, located in Stratford, Connecticut.
History[]
The station opened on December 25, 1848.[2]
Waterbury Branch service at Stratford was suspended indefinitely on April 6, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4] Shore Line East service was suspended indefinitely on March 16.[5][6]
Station layout[]
The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the Northeast Corridor.[7]: 22 The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.[8]
The National Helicopter Museum is located in the eastbound (south) station building, which no longer serves passengers.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ "Waterbury Branch, Weekday & Weekend Substitute Busing" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ @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. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ 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 Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine"
External links[]
- Media related to Stratford station (Connecticut) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Metro-North Railroad stations in Connecticut
- Shore Line East stations
- Stations on the Northeast Corridor
- Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines
- Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Buildings and structures in Stratford, Connecticut
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848