Westport station (Metro-North)
Railroad station in Westport, Connecticut, US
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Westport station (also known as Saugatuck station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut. It is located in the center of the Saugatuck section of town, a few miles south of downtown Westport, and is one of two stations serving Westport. The station was named Westport & Saugatuck in timetables of the New Haven Railroad and the early years of its corporate successor, Penn Central.
Westport, Connecticut
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Westport station in 2007 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Railroad Place Westport, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.119986°N 73.37142°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
| Line | ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Norwalk Transit District: S1, S2, S3, S4, Imperial Avenue Shuttle, Nyla Farms Shuttle | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 1,454 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 18 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 25, 1848[1][2] | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 2,625 daily boardings[3] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor. The northern (New York-bound) platform is nine cars long, while the southern platform is ten cars long.[4]: 21
The station has 1,454 parking spaces, 1,126 of them owned by the state.[5] The ticket office at the station was closed on July 7, 2010; tickets must be purchased from vending machines adjacent to the platforms.[6]
