Westport station (Metro-North)

Westport
Location 1 Railroad Place,
Westport, CT 06880
Coordinates 41°07′12″N 73°22′17″W / 41.119986°N 73.37142°W / 41.119986; -73.37142Coordinates: 41°07′12″N 73°22′17″W / 41.119986°N 73.37142°W / 41.119986; -73.37142
Owned by ConnDOT
Line(s) Northeast Corridor
  New Haven Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Norwalk Transit District: S1, S2, S3, S4, Imperial Avenue Shuttle, Nyla Farms Shuttle
Construction
Parking 1,454 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 18
Electrified 12,500V (AC) overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 658,320[1] Steady 0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
New Haven Line
Former services
Preceding station   New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad   Following station
toward New York
Main Line
toward New Haven

The Westport Metro-North Railroad station (also informally known as Saugatuck Station) is one of two New Haven Line stations serving the residents of Westport, Connecticut. It is located in the center of the Saugatuck section of town, a few miles south of downtown Westport; the station was named Westport & Saugatuck in timetables of the New Haven Railroad and the early years of its corporate successor, Penn Central.

Westport is 44.2 miles (71.1 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is one hour, seven minutes, though this varies depending on run and time of day.

The station has 1,454 parking spaces, 1,126 of them owned by the state.[2] The ticket office at this station was closed July 7, 2010 and tickets must be purchased from vending machines adjacent to the platforms.[3]

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The New Haven Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 3 ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (East Norwalk)
Track 1 ← Northeast Corridor, New Haven Line express trains do not stop here
Track 2 Northeast Corridor, New Haven Line express trains do not stop here →
Track 4 New Haven Line toward New Haven or New Haven–State Street (Green's Farms) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/entrance and parking

See also

References

  1. ↑ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (2532)
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "mta.info - Metro-North Railroad: Selected Ticket Offices Close On July 7th". Metro North Railroad. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

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