Springdale station

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Springdale
Springdale station, January 2011.jpg
Springdale station in January 2011
General information
Location886 Hope Street
Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°05′20″N73°31′04″W / 41.0888°N 73.5178°W / 41.0888; -73.5178
Owned by ConnDOT [1]
Operated byConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad [1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg CT Transit Stamford: 334
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone31
History
Opened1868
Rebuilt1972
Passengers
2018459 daily boardings [2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Glenbrook
toward Stamford or Grand Central
New Canaan Branch Talmadge Hill
toward New Canaan

Springdale station is a commuter rail station on the New Canaan Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line in Stamford, Connecticut. The station opened in 1868, and was rebuilt in 1972.

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History

Early-20th-century postcard of the station Springdale station postcard.jpg
Early-20th-century postcard of the station

The Springdale station began as a stop on the New Canaan Railroad, which was chartered May 1866 as a short branch of the New York and New Haven Railroad. The line opened on July 4, 1868. As with the rest of the New Haven Railroad, the station was acquired by Penn Central Railroad in 1969. The station's staffed ticket office closed on January 15, 1972. [3] Springdale station was reconstructed 1⁄10 mile (0.16 km) south of its previous location in 1972 in order to accommodate the new M2 Cosmopolitan railcars.

By 2010, after condominiums were built on nearby Camp Avenue, the station became more crowded. [4] In April 2010, construction started on a 400-foot, $1 million canopy on the station platform. Gar-San Corporation of Watertown won the $1.87 million contract for the project. (The company was to build an identical canopy at the Stratford train station.) A large part of the expense came from having the foundation for the canopy to be drilled into the ground because of space constraints. [4] Completion of the project was expected in December. [5]

Station layout

The station has one four-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the single track. [6] : 25  The station has a ramp to the platforms, but it was built before the Americans with Disabilities Act and may not meet ADA accessibility requirements. [7] The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), with some responsibilities delegated to Metro-North. [1]

A parking lot is located at the west side of the station off Hope Street. [8] Station parking is controlled by Stamford city government, which owns most of the parking lot. [7] The state owns a much smaller parking area at the south end of the station. [8] The parking lot has landscaping and a "period pedestal clock". [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  2. ↑ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "7 County R.R. Stations to Quit Selling Tickets". The Bridgeport Post. January 6, 1972. pp. 1, 16 . Retrieved March 28, 2020– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. 1 2 Cassidy, Martin B. (April 27, 2010). "Work begins on $1M canopy: Springdale depot to get 400-foot overhang". The Advocate. Stamford. p. A3.
  5. ↑ Greene, Chandra Johnson (December 2, 2010). "Rell: State to Invest $950,000 in Canopy for Glenbrook Station". Stamford Patch. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  7. 1 2 Springdale station Web page at Metro-North Railroad Web site, accessed July 4, 2007
  8. 1 2 3 "Springdale Train Station Visual Inspection Report / January 2007" prepared by the Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, accessed at the Connecticut Department of Transportation Web site on July 4, 2007

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