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			{{Short description\|Railroad station in Connecticut}}
	The '''Stratford''' ] station serves the residents of ] via the ]. Usually served by express trains originating or terminating in New Haven, one peak-hour run of the ] also stops at the station before the branch splits off shortly after the main line crosses the ].
			{{Use mdy dates\|date=January 2023}}
			{{Infobox station
			\| name = Stratford
			\| style = Metro-North Railroad
			\| style2 = New Haven Connecticut
			\| image = Stratford station from Amtrak train, January 2016.JPG
			\| image_caption = Stratford station in January 2016
			\| address = 2480 Main Street
			\| borough = ]
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|41.195303\|-73.131523\|region:US-CT_type:railwaystation\|display=inline,title}}
			\| owned = ]
			\| line = ConnDOT ] (])
			\| platform = 2 ]s
			\| tracks = 4
			\| other = {{bus icon\|12px\|Local Transit}} ]: 1, 10, 16, 23, Coastal Link
			\| structure =
			\| parking = 294 spaces
			\| bicycle =
			\| accessible =
			\| code =
			\| zone = 20 (Metro-North)
			\| opened = December 25, 1848
			\| closed =
			\| rebuilt =
			\| former =
			\| mpassengers = {{rail pass box\|passengers=1,658 daily boardings<ref name="mta2018">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/mnrr-2018-weekday-station-boardings \|title=Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings \|date=April 2019 \|publisher=Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group \|page=6}}</ref>\| pass_year=2018}}
			\| services = {{Adjacent stations
			\|system1=CTrail
			\|line1=Shore Line East\|to-left1=Stamford\|left1=Bridgeport\|right1=Milford\|note-mid1=limited weekday service
			\|system2=MNRR
			\|line2=New Haven\|left2=Bridgeport\|right2=Milford
			\|line3=Waterbury Branch\|left3=Bridgeport\|right3=Derby–Shelton\|note-mid3=weekday service\|to-left3=Bridgeport
			}}
			\| other_services_header = Former services
			\| other_services_collapsible = yes
			\| other_services = {{Adjacent stations\|system1=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad\|line1=main\|left1=Bridgeport\|right1=Devon
			}}
			\| mapframe = yes
			\| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe \|shape=none \|line=none \|marker=rail \|marker-color=#EE0034 \|zoom=14 }}
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			'''Stratford station''' is a ] station on the Northeast Corridor in ]. It is served by the ] ] plus limited ] ] service. The station has two high-level ]s, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf\|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015\|date=2015\|publisher=Metro-North Railroad\|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp\|22}} The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf \|title=Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report \|author=Urbitran Associates Inc. \|website=Connecticut Department of Transportation \|at=Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6 \|date=July 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712022905/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf \|archive-date=2007-07-12}}"</ref>
	Stratford is 59 miles from ] and the average travel time from Grand Central is one hour, 27 minutes though this varies depending on run and time of day.

	==~~External links~~==		==History==
			The station opened on December 25, 1848.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Jenkins \|first1=Stephen \|title=The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day \|date=1912 \|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons \|location=New York, New York \|url=https://archive.org/details/storybronxfromp00jenkgoog \|page=235}}</ref><ref name="EveningPost">{{cite news \|title=Special Express Notice \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40303690/nynh_february_12_1849/ \|accessdate=December 9, 2019 \|work=The Evening Post \|date=February 12, 1849 \|location=New York, New York \|page=3\|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> 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 ] opened in the eastbound (south) station building in 1983.<ref name=depots>{{cite book \|title=A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses \|last=Roy \|first=John H. Jr. \|publisher=Branch Line Press \|year=2007 \|isbn=9780942147087 \|page=97}}</ref>
	*

			Shore Line East service at Stratford was suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020 due to the ],<ref>{{cite tweet \|number=1238575235034763264 \|user=SLEalerts \|title=Effective 3/16/20, ALL weekday (Monday - Friday) CTrail Shore Line East trains will operate on an enhanced weekend schedule until further notice. \|date=March 13, 2020}}</ref><ref name="covid-sle">{{cite web \|date=April 20, 2020 \|title=Shore Line East Service Information \|url=https://shorelineeast.com/images/docs/SLE_Sched_COVID-19_SatSchedApr20R1.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920065941/https://shorelineeast.com/images/docs/SLE_Sched_COVID-19_SatSchedApr20R1.pdf \|archive-date=September 20, 2020 \|accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref> while ] service was suspended indefinitely on April 6 due to a signalization project.<ref name=covidwaterbury>{{cite web \|url=http://web.mta.info/mnr/pdf/03-29-20_WaterburyBusing_v3.pdf \|title=Waterbury Branch, Weekday & Weekend Substitute Busing \|date=April 6, 2020 \|publisher=] \|accessdate=April 30, 2020}}</ref> Waterbury Branch service resumed on October 26, 2020, and Shore Line East service resumed on October 7, 2024.<ref>{{Cite press release \|title=Stamford Through Service Returns to the Schedule \|url=https://shorelineeast.com/2024/09/30/stamford-through-service-returns-to-the-schedule/ \|date=September 30, 2024 \|publisher=Connecticut Department of Transportation}}</ref>
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			==References==
	{{s-line\|system=MNRR\|line=Waterbury Branch\|previous=Bridgeport\|next=Derby-Shelton\|type=Bridgeport\|type2=Waterbury}}
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	{{s-line\|system=MNRR\|line=New Haven\|previous=Bridgeport\|next=Milford\|type2=New Haven}}

	{{end}}
			==External links==
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Latest revision as of 02:34, 11 October 2024

Railroad station in Connecticut

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 / 41.195303; -73.131523

Owned by

ConnDOT

Line(s)

ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

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

Preceding station	CT Rail		Following station
Bridgeporttoward Stamford		Shore Line Eastlimited weekday service	Milfordtoward New London
Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad		Following station
Bridgeporttoward Grand Central		New Haven Line	Milfordtoward New Haven or New Haven State Street
BridgeportTerminus		Waterbury Branchweekday service	Derby–Sheltontoward Waterbury

Former services

Preceding station	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad			Following station
Bridgeporttoward New York		Main Line		Devontoward New Haven

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. The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.

History

The station opened on December 25, 1848. 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.

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

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

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