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Stamford station, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center [5] or the Stamford Transportation Center, is a major railroad station in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, serving passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), with some responsibilities delegated to Metro-North. [1] Parking is managed by the city of Stamford. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] CT Transit Stamford provides bus service from the station.
This list only includes stations that were closed by Metro-North after the railroad's formation in 1983. It does not include stations closed by the New York Central Railroad , Penn Central Railroad , New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , Erie Railroad , Erie-Lackawanna Railroad , or Conrail , or the MTA pre-1983.
Metro-North also provides local rail service within the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Metro-North is the descendant of commuter rail services dating back as early as 1832. By 1969, they had all been acquired by Penn Central. MTA acquired all three lines by 1972, but Penn Central continued to operate them under contract.
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]
Limited weekday service extends along Metro North's New Haven Line to Stamford. When service initially started along the line on May 29, 1990, CT Rail commuter trains were intended to be a temporary measure in order to reduce congestion along Interstate 95 during a highway construction project.
Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line West Haven: West Haven: 69.4 (111.7) August 18, 2013 [98] Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line New Haven: Union Station: 72.3 (116.4) May 29, 1990 [99] Amtrak: Northeast Regional, Acela, Vermonter, Hartford Line, Valley Flyer Metro-North Railroad: New Haven Line CT Rail: Hartford Line: State Street: 72.7 ...
The New Canaan Branch is an 8.2-mile (13 km) long branch line of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line that begins from a junction east of downtown Stamford, Connecticut, north to New Canaan. It opened in 1868 as the New Canaan Railroad.