Greenwich station (Metro-North) explained

Greenwich
Style:Metro-North Railroad
Style2:New Haven Connecticut
Address:20 Railroad Avenue
Borough:Greenwich, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.0223°N -73.6246°W
Owned:State of Connecticut (platforms)
Private ownership (station building)[1]
Line:ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Other: CT Transit Stamford: 11, I-BUS Express
Norwalk Transit District: Greenwich Commuter Connection - Central Loop, West Loop
Parking:1,274 spaces
Accessible:yes
Zone:15
Opened:December 25, 1848[2] [3]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. EE0034
Zoom:14

Greenwich station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.[4]

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]

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 8550square feet of space. The station was the centerpiece of Greenwich Plaza, a new mixed-use retail development.[5] [6] 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.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection Summary Report . . January 2007 . May 25, 2018.
  2. News: Special Express Notice . December 9, 2019 . The Evening Post . February 12, 1849 . New York, New York . 3. Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Jenkins . Stephen . The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day . 1912 . G.P. Putnam's Sons . New York, New York . 235.
  4. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.
  5. New station for Greenwich . Penn Central Post . May 1970 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090521/http://www.unlikelypcrr.com/page3/Welcome_files/PC_POST_1970-05.pdf . 2014-10-06 .
  6. News: Penn Central Opens Greenwich Station. March 6, 1970. The Bridgeport Post. October 1, 2014. 62. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Town Unveils Plans to Redevelop Greenwich Train Station, Movie Theater . Greenwich Sentinel . July 11, 2019 . Richard . Kaufman.