Old Greenwich station

Old Greenwich station is a commuter rail station served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located on the Old Greenwich section of Greenwich, Connecticut. The station has two side platforms which serve the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.

Old Greenwich
Old Greenwich station building in September 2007
Location	1 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Connecticut Transit Stamford: 11, 24
Construction
Parking	578 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	15
History
Opened	1892
Previous names	Sound Beach (1872–1931)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	1,107
Rank	56 of 124[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station Riverside towards Grand Central New Haven Line Stamford Terminus
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Riverside toward New York Main Line Stamford toward New Haven
Sound Beach Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	41°02′00″N 73°34′04″W
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	89000929
Added to NRHP	1989

History

Platform construction in July 2019

The station was built in 1872 as Sound Beach, named after nearby Greenwich Point Beach. It was renamed Old Greenwich in 1931. The station building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Sound Beach Railroad Station.

The station formerly had six-car-length high-level platforms, which could not serve all cars on some trains.[2]^:20 In 2009, Metro-North began planning a project to replace structurally deficient railroad bridges over South Beach Avenue and Tomac Avenue.[3] The scope of the project was later expanded to include platform extensions to 10-car length, as well as an expansion of the south parking lot.[4][3] Notice to proceed on the $14.9 million project was given in August 2014, and construction began the next May.[4] After several delays, the project was completed in late 2019.[5] A retaining wall built for the parking lot expansion attracted criticism for its stark design, with comparisons to the Berlin Wall and The Wall from Game of Thrones.[3]

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms each ten cars long.[6]^:20

G	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	←      New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Riverside)
	Track 1	←      New Haven Line express trains do not stop here ←      Amtrak services do not stop here
	Track 2	←      Amtrak services do not stop here → ←      New Haven Line express trains do not stop here →
	Track 4	←      New Haven Line toward Stamford (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

1. METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
2. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
3. Kaehler, Laura (November 26, 2018). "A wall grows in Old Greenwich: Station project reveals a lack of vision". Greenwich Time.
4. "About the Project". Old Greenwich RR Station Upgrades and Bridge Replacement. Connecticut Department of Transportation. 2019.
5. Borsuk, Ken (November 18, 2019). "Old Greenwich train station work could be completed in December". Greenwich Time.
6. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Old Greenwich station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Old Greenwich
• Sound Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View