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The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut.Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
New York Central: Circa 1871 Stamford New Haven Line New Canaan Branch Danbury Branch: Stamford: Fairfield, CT: New Haven ‡ 1987 Rebuilt by Metro-North and CDOT; Replaced former New Haven Depot; Also serves Amtrak's Acela, Northeast Regional, and Vermonter trains. New Haven State Street New Haven Line: New Haven: New Haven, CT
In 2003, the LIRR and Metro-North started a pilot program in which passengers traveling within New York City were allowed to buy one-way tickets for $2.50. [63] The special reduced-fare CityTicket, proposed by the New York City Transit Riders Council, [63] was formally introduced in 2004. [64]
In the 2000s, Stamford and Greenwich received increasing numbers of reverse commuters who work in Stamford but live in New York City. Reverse commuting doubled from 1997 to 2007, with 1,900 daily reverse commuters by 2007. Metro-North added trains and express service to serve these commuters.
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 .
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 current station was built in 1896–97 and designed by Morgan O'Brien, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad principal architect. It replaced an earlier one that was built in 1874 when the New York Central and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the ancestors of today's Metro-North, moved the tracks from an open cut to the present-day elevated viaduct.
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.