Stratford station (Connecticut)

Stratford
Stratford
	Stratford station in January 2016
General information
Location	2480 Main Street; Stratford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°11′43″N 73°07′53″W / 41.195303°N 73.131523°W
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 1, 10, 16, 23, Coastal Link
Construction
Parking	294 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	20 (Metro-North)
History
Opened	December 25, 1848
Passengers
2018	1,658 daily boardings
Services
Former services
Location
Location

Stratford station is a commuter rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Stratford, Connecticut. It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service. The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the Northeast Corridor.^[2]^: 22 The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.^[3]

History

The station opened on December 25, 1848.^[4]^[5] The first station building was constructed in 1849. A new station was built between 1853 and 1880; the older structure became a freight house and is no longer extant. The station building was moved east around 1894 when the line was quadruple-tracked, and a second building was added on the north (westbound) side. The buildings closed to passengers in 1973; the National Helicopter Museum opened in the eastbound (south) station building in 1983.^[6]

Shore Line East service at Stratford was suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[7]^[8] while Waterbury Branch service was suspended indefinitely on April 6 due to a signalization project.^[9] Waterbury Branch service resumed on October 26, 2020, and Shore Line East service resumed on October 7, 2024.^[10]

References

^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
^ "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). "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2007."
^ 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.
^ "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780942147087.
^ @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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
^ "Waterbury Branch, Weekday & Weekend Substitute Busing" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
^ "Stamford Through Service Returns to the Schedule" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. September 30, 2024.

External links

Media related to Stratford station (Connecticut) at Wikimedia Commons

[mta2018-1] Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.

[2] "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[3] Urbitran Associates Inc. (July 2003). "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2007."

[4] 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.

[EveningPost-5] "Special Express Notice". The Evening Post. New York, New York. February 12, 1849. p. 3. Retrieved December 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[depots-6] Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780942147087.

[7] @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.

[covid-sle-8] "Shore Line East Service Information" (PDF). April 20, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[covidwaterbury-9] "Waterbury Branch, Weekday & Weekend Substitute Busing" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[10] "Stamford Through Service Returns to the Schedule" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. September 30, 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]