Green's Farms station
The Green's Farms station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut.
Green's Farms | |||||||||||||
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 The Green's Farms tiny station house | |||||||||||||
| Location | 2 Post Office Lane, Westport, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.123316°N 73.315415°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Norwalk Transit District: G1, G2, Nyla Farms Shuttle | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 466 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike racks | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 12.5 kV AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 846 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 60 of 124[1] | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms, each six cars long. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains. The New Haven Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.[2]:21
The station has 466 parking spaces, all owned by the state.[3] Interstate 95 borders the parking lots to the north of the station on either side of New Creek Road.
Like other station houses on the New Haven Line, the one at Green's Farms is on the north side of the tracks, just east of New Creek Road, which runs beneath a railroad bridge. Access to the south side of the tracks is down a wooden staircase, under the railroad bridge at New Creek Road, and up another wooden staircase. Part of the platform near the station house is covered, and on the east end of the north platform another, rusty metal canopy covers a small area. A ticket machine is on the north platform near the station house. Bicycle stands are located to the east of the station house. On the south side of the tracks, a standard see-through shelter seats eight.
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right  | |
| Track 3 | ← New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Westport) | |
| 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 New Haven or New Haven State Street (Southport) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
References
- METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 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.
- "Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization". Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report (PDF). Urbitran Associates Inc. to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. July 2003. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-12.
External links
Media related to Green's Farms station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Green's Farms
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Visual Inspection Report for the station (January 2007), from the state Department of Transportation
- Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Westport Station" report dated October 2006
- Station from I-95 from Google Maps Street View
- http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf