Bridgeport (Metro-North station)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bridgeport Amtrak inter-city rail station Metro-North New Haven Line commuter rail station Shore Line East commuter rail station
The southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	525 Water Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Coordinates	41°10′47″N 73°11′14″W / 41.17972, -73.187077
Lines	Amtrak: Northeast Regional Vermonter ConnDOT: Shore Line East Metro-North: New Haven Line Waterbury Branch
Connections	Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Coastal Link Greyhound
Tracks	3
Other information
Accessible
Code	BRP (Amtrak)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	66,292[1] ▲ 6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Stamford toward Newport News Northeast Regional New Haven toward Boston (South) or Springfield Stamford toward Washington Vermonter New Haven toward St. Albans CDOT Stamford Terminus Shore Line East New Haven toward New London Metro-North Railroad Fairfield toward Grand Central New Haven Line Stratford toward New Haven-State Street Terminus Waterbury Branch Stratford toward Waterbury

The Bridgeport Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. The station is the transfer point between the Waterbury Branch and the Northeast Corridor mainline. In addition to Metro-North service, Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Vermonter stop at the station. Also, the transfer point for Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority buses, the departure point for the ferry across Long Island Sound to Port Jefferson, New York and the Arena at Harbor Yard are located adjacent to the station.

It is 55.4 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time is one hour, 21 minutes.

As of August 2006, average weekday commuter ridership was 3,120, and there were 950 parking spots. Bridgeport is the busiest Metro-North station between Stamford and New Haven's Union Station. [1]

The station has 1,453 parking spaces, 950 owned by the state.^[2]

Northeast Corridor
Legend Boston South Station Boston Back Bay Route 128 Providence Kingston Westerly Mystic New London Springfield Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Stamford New Rochelle New York City Newark Metropark Princeton Junction Trenton Philadephia Wilmington Baltimore BWI Airport New Carrollton Washington DC

Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 Gallery 4 External links

[edit] See also

• Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for train commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Gallery

1907 postcard depicting the station

View of station and Water Street, 1919 postcard

Metro-North F10 locomotive 413 pulling Train #1926, one of the last surviving former F3 locomotives, built in 1946.

1912 postcard depicting the station

[edit] External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Bridgeport

• Amtrak - Stations - Bridgeport, CT

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Bridgeport Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)