Westport station (Metro-North) explained

Westport
Style:Metro-North Railroad
Style2:New Haven Connecticut black
Address:1 Railroad Place
Borough:Westport, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.12°N -73.3714°W
Owned:ConnDOT
Line:ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Other: Norwalk Transit District: S1, S2, S3, S4, Imperial Avenue Shuttle, Nyla Farms Shuttle
Parking:1,454 spaces
Accessible:yes
Zone:18
Opened:December 25, 1848[1] [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

Westport station (also 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

The station has two high-level side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor. The northern (New York-bound) platform is nine cars long, while the southern platform is ten cars long.[3]

The station has 1,454 parking spaces, 1,126 of them owned by the state.[4] The ticket office at the station was closed on July 7, 2010; tickets must be purchased from vending machines adjacent to the platforms.[5]

External links

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. 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.
  3. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.
  4. http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf
  5. Web site: mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th. Metro-North Railroad. July 10, 2010.