Milford station (Connecticut) explained

Milford
Style:Metro-North Railroad
Style2:New Haven Connecticut black
Address:1 Railroad Avenue
Borough:Milford, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.2224°N -73.0596°W
Owned:ConnDOT
Line:ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Other: CTTransit New Haven: 271M
Milford Transit: 2, 3, 4, Coastal Link, Milford Commuter Connection - Orange-Milford
Parking:676 spaces
Zone:20 (Metro-North)
Opened:December 25, 1848[1]
Years1:January 15, 1972
Events1:Station agent eliminated[2]
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

Milford station is a commuter rail stop in Milford, Connecticut, served by Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line.

History

The station opened on December 25, 1848.[1]

Shore Line East service at the station was suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3] [4]

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 1, is four cars long and generally used by westbound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is 10 cars long and generally used by eastbound trains. The New Haven Line has three tracks at this location. The inner track, not adjacent to either platform, is used only by express trains. Milford is the only station on the New Haven Line with only three tracks.[5] [6] The Northeast Corridor Commission identified restoring the fourth track in Milford as priority its 2021 CONNECT NEC 2035 report.[7]

The station has 676 parking spaces, 444 of which are owned by the state.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Special Express Notice . December 9, 2019 . The Evening Post . February 12, 1849 . New York, New York . 3. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 7 County R.R. Stations to Quit Selling Tickets . March 28, 2020 . The Bridgeport Post . January 6, 1972 . 1, 16. Newspapers.com.
  3. SLEalerts . 1238575235034763264 . 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..
  4. Web site: Shore Line East Service Information . April 20, 2020 . April 29, 2020 . September 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920065941/https://shorelineeast.com/images/docs/SLE_Sched_COVID-19_SatSchedApr20R1.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20121019022945/http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/movies/MNRR-Employee-Timetable-No-4-GO-414-2010-06-21.pdf . Metro-North Railroad EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE No. 4 . February 5, 2006 . Metro-North Railroad . October 19, 2012 . November 8, 2015.
  6. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.
  7. Web site: CONNECT NEC 2035: CHAPTER 5 Connecticut-Westchester .
  8. Web site: Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report . Urbitran Associates Inc. . Connecticut Department of Transportation . Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6 . July 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070712022905/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf . July 12, 2007. "