Old Greenwich station

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Old Greenwich station building in September 2007
General information
Location160 Sound Beach Avenue,
Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Owned by ConnDOT
Line(s)ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Connecticut Transit Stamford: 11, 24
Construction
Parking578 spaces
Other information
Fare zone15
History
Opened1892
Previous namesSound Beach (1872–1931)
Passengers
20181,107
Rank56 of 124 [1]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Riverside
toward Grand Central
New Haven Line Stamford
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Riverside
toward New York
Main Line Stamford
toward New Haven
Sound Beach Railroad Station
USA Connecticut location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 41°02′00″N73°34′04″W / 41.03333°N 73.56778°W / 41.03333; -73.56778
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No. 89000929
Added to NRHP1989

Old Greenwich station is a commuter rail station served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Old Greenwich neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut. The station has two side platforms, each ten cars long, which serve the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor. [2]

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History

Platform construction in July 2019 Platform construction at Old Greenwich station, July 2019.JPG
Platform construction in July 2019

The station was built in 1872 as Sound Beach, named after nearby Greenwich Point Beach. It was renamed Old Greenwich in 1931. The current station building, built about 1894, is a well-preserved example of the New Haven Railroad's period stations, with a utilitarian interior and exterior nods to period Victorian architectural styles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Sound Beach Railroad Station. [3] The station formerly had six-car-length high-level platforms, which could not serve all cars on some trains. [2] In 2009, Metro-North began planning a project to replace structurally deficient railroad bridges over South Beach Avenue and Tomac Avenue. [4] The scope of the project was later expanded to include platform extensions to 10-car length, as well as an expansion of the south parking lot. [5] [4] Notice to proceed on the $14.9 million project was given in August 2014, and construction began the next May. [5] After several delays, the project was completed in late 2019. [6] A retaining wall built for the parking lot expansion attracted criticism for its stark design, with comparisons to the Berlin Wall and The Wall from Game of Thrones . [4]

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References

  1. ↑ METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. p. 20. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Sound Beach Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Kaehler, Laura (November 26, 2018). "A wall grows in Old Greenwich: Station project reveals a lack of vision". Greenwich Time.
  5. 1 2 "About the Project". Old Greenwich RR Station Upgrades and Bridge Replacement. Connecticut Department of Transportation. 2019.
  6. ↑ Borsuk, Ken (November 18, 2019). "Old Greenwich train station work could be completed in December". Greenwich Time.

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