Fairfield (Metro-North station)

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Fairfield

Station statistics

Address

165 Unquowa Road (Westbound),
Fairfield, CT 06430

Coordinates

41°08′39″N 73°15′28″W / 41.144132, -73.257737

Lines

Metro-North Railroad:

New Haven Line

Connections

Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority:
2, Coastal Link

Parking

1,216 spaces

Other information

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

686,660 ▬ 0%

Services

Preceding station		Metro-North Railroad		Following station
Southport toward Grand Central		New Haven Line		Bridgeport toward New Haven-State Street

The Fairfield Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Fairfield, Connecticut, including students of Fairfield University — as well as nearby areas such as Black Rock within the city of Bridgeport — via the New Haven Line. It is one of two stations in the town; the other being Southport. The station is the transfer point for the Fairfield University Shuttle.

It is 50.5 miles from Grand Central Terminal, and the average travel time is one hour, 14 minutes.

The station has 1,216 parking spaces, 376 owned by the state.^[1] Almost all of the parking is located on the east side of the station.

The main station house is wooden and on the eastern platform. It contains a ticket window. Southbound trains stop on this side of the station. The station house on the west side is made of brick and entirely filled with busniusses, including the Nauti Dolphin Pizza restaurant. Northbound trains stop at this side of the station. ^[2]

There is an overpass containing a fairly busy road that passes over the northern end of the station. In order to get from the Southbound Platform to the Northbound Platform, and vise versa, passengers must climb a staircase to this overpass and walk on the road's sidewalk across the tracks. Then, they must decend another staircase on the other side.

1 Connections
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Connections

Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 2
Fairfield University Shuttle: Train Station Shuttle.

[edit] See also

Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for train commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

Metro-North Railroad - Fairfield
Fairfield University Shuttle
[1]Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Fairfield Station" report dated July 2002