Interstate Commerce Commission accident reports. 3642: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in re Accident at Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 14, 1955" (PDF). Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT: Metro-North Railroad. ^ a b METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Connecticut" (PDF).^ a b "Fire Razes Old Depot in Bridgeport".^ "Dedication Slated Monday for City's Rail Station".^ "Old Station's Closing Causes Brief Senior Center Lockout".History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States of America. The station has 1,453 parking spaces, with 950 owned by the state. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains, including the Acela Express. The New Haven Line uses four tracks at this location. The eastern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound/northbound Metro-North and Amtrak trains. The western platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound/southbound Metro-North and Amtrak trains. The station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long. Shore Line East service west of New Haven was service suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. One person was killed and 58 were injured. to Boston derailed due to excessive speed on a sharp curve approaching the station. On July 14, 1955, the northbound Federal Express overnight train from Washington, D.C. The old station was destroyed by fire on March 20, 1979. The relocation was occasioned by the introduction of "Cosmopolitan" M-2 railcars which could only board at high-level platforms, the installation of which was impractical at the old station due to the curvature of the platforms. A branch line, originally built by New Haven Railroad predecessor Housatonic Railroad to Trumbull, Monroe and Newtown, used to join the main tracks at the old Bridgeport station. The current station was built under ConnDOT and Penn Central in 1975. History The 1905-built Bridgeport station in 1907 In addition the transfer point for Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority buses, the departure point for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry across Long Island Sound to Port Jefferson, New York, and both the Total Mortgage Arena and the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater are located adjacent to the station. Amtrak's inter-city Northeast Regional and Vermonter service also stop at the station, as do some CTrail Shore Line East trains. On Metro-North, the station is the transfer point between the Waterbury Branch and the main New Haven Line. January 1849 (New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad īridgeport station is a shared Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad, and CTrail train station along the Northeast Corridor serving Bridgeport, Connecticut and nearby towns. The born locals woild tell you that would be some of them new fangled ideers from fancy college carpet baggers ruining them there antique district protectionist antics they worked so hard to set up.Lol. God forbid you should want to park at the train station to take a train.LOL. 2 the triangle down by the railroad trestle 3 the gravel lot on Wakely by the law firm by the 22 offramp of rt8- except I think the state was using the Wakely lot for something. If you want to park in Seymour for a day trip you are supposed to go to the police department and get a parking pass then park in 3 lots. Just a note to say do not park directly at the train station when in Seymour, those spaces where leased to the town to have them manage them years ago, and Seymour has decided that they are ONLY for use as 2 hour parking for the antique district. Seymour is free and not very busy most Saturdays.
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