Cos Cob (Metro-North station)
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| Cos Cob | |||||||||||
 East side of the station house |
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| Address | 1 Cos Cob Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06807 |
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| Lines | Metro-North Railroad:
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 567 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 215,020[1] ▬ 0% | ||||||||||
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| Cos Cob Railroad Station | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
| Added to NRHP: | August 28, 1989 |
| NRHP Reference#: | #89000928 |
The Cos Cob Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Cos Cob area of Greenwich, Connecticut, via the New Haven Line.
Cos Cob is 29.6 miles (48 km) from Grand Central Terminal. The station has 567 parking spaces, 361 owned by the state.[2]
Built in about 1890, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The nearby Mianus River Railroad Bridge is also listed on the National Register.
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[edit] History
"On Christmas Day, 1848, the last rails were laid over the Cos Cob Bridge, thereby supplying the last link needed to complete the railroad from New Haven to New York," according to the Stamford Historical Society Web site. "The first trial run was made on that day."[3]
Editors of two Stamford newspapers reported on the event. William H. Holly, Esq., founder of the Stamford Sentinel and a guest on the first trial run, wrote: "The train had to remain at Cos Cob Bridge some three hours for the last rails to be laid over it and the delay gave ample opportunity to the people to come and witness the wonderful feat. The general impression among them seemed to be, that the first train that attempted to cross this pass would also be the last."[3]
Edgar Hoyt, editor of the Stamford Advocate: "The citizens of the village as well as the horses, cattle, etc., were nearly frightened out of their propriety ... by such a horrible scream as was never heard to issue from any other than a metallic throat. Animals of every description went careening round the fields, snuffling the air in their terror."[3]
[edit] See also
- Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (827)
- ^ Urbitran Associates Inc. (July 2003). Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report (PDF) p 6.
- ^ a b c Murals: Scenes from Yesteryear. Stamford Historical Society. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
[edit] Pictures
 View of station house from across the tracks |
 Rusty, dirty, grafitti-strewn shelter at south side of tracks, seats 8 |
 Front of the station house |
[edit] External links
- Metro-North Railroad - Cos Cob
- Condition Inspection for the Cos Cob Station; Connecticut Department of Transportation report, November 2002
- Fairfield County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
