Milford station (Connecticut)

Milford
Milford station in June 2010
Location 1 Railroad Avenue
Milford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°13′20″N 73°03′35″W / 41.222350°N 73.059619°W / 41.222350; -73.059619Coordinates: 41°13′20″N 73°03′35″W / 41.222350°N 73.059619°W / 41.222350; -73.059619
Owned by ConnDOT
Line(s) Northeast Corridor
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Connections CTTransit New Haven: 271M
Milford Transit: 2, 3, 4, Coastal Link, Milford Commuter Connection - Orange-Milford
Construction
Parking 676 spaces
Other information
Fare zone 20 (Metro-North)
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 461,500
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
New Haven Line
ConnDOT
toward Stamford
Shore Line East
toward New London
Former services
Preceding station   New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad   Following station
Devon
toward New York
Main Line
Woodmont
toward New Haven

The Milford station serves the residents of Milford, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. It is 63.2 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is one hour, 32 minutes. The station actually consists of two separate stations on either side of the tracks, typical of such small railroad stations.

The station has 676 parking spaces, 444 of which are owned by the state.[1]

Station layout

This 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.[2]

The station is also served by 2 eastbound Shore Line East trains per weekday.

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Stratford)
← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here
Track 2 ← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here →
Track 4 Northeast Corridor services do not stop here →
New Haven Line toward New Haven or New Haven–State Street (West Haven) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References

  1. ↑ 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 July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine."
  2. ↑ "Metro-North Railroad EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. February 5, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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