Old Greenwich (Metro-North station)

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Old Greenwich
East side of the station house
Station statistics
Address	1 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870
Coordinates	41°02′06″N 73°33′57″W / 41.034872, -73.565869
Lines	Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line
Connections	CT Transit Stamford: 12
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Parking	578 spaces
Other information
Formerly	Sound Beach Railroad Station (1892-1931)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	222,040[1] ▬ 0%
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Riverside toward Grand Central New Haven Line Stamford toward New Haven-State Street

The Old Greenwich Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Old Greenwich section of Greenwich, Connecticut via the New Haven Line.

The station is 31.2 miles (50.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal. The station has 578 parking spaces, 397 owned by the state.^[2] Lot 3, with 181 spaces and across the street from the station, is owned by the town of Greenwich, which also owns the street parking north of Lot 1.^[3]

The station house, built in 1892, was moved to its present location three years later. The station was originally called the "Sound Beach Railroad Station", but its name was changed in 1931 to "Old Greenwich". The building was later placed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

Contents 1 Connections 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Pictures 5 External links

[edit] Connections

• Connecticut Transit Stamford: 11, 24

[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

1. ^ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (854)
2. ^ [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
3. ^ [2]"Individual Station Report: Old Greenwich" submitted to the Connecticut Department of Transportation by Urbitran Associates, dated July 2003, accessed March 18, 2007
4. ^ Plaque in front of station building.

[edit] Pictures

Front of station house	Dirty, trash- and graffiti-strewn shelter, south side of tracks	Trackside view	Metal roof over part of the platform
Arch Street tunnel under the railroad tracks

[edit] External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Old Greenwich
• Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Old Greenwich Station" report, November 2002

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