Westport (Metro-North station)
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| Address | 1 Railroad Place, Westport, CT 06880 |
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| Lines | Metro-North Railroad:
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| Connections | Norwalk Transit District: 1, S2, S3, S4 |
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| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,454 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 658,320[1] ▬ 0% | ||||||||||
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The Westport Metro-North Railroad 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.
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]
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[edit] Connections
- Norwalk Transit District: S2, S3, S4
- Greyhound
[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 (2532)
- ^ [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
[edit] External links
- Metro-North Railroad - Westport
- [2]Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Westport Station" report dated December 2006
