Stratford station (Connecticut)

Stratford station is a commuter rail station on the Northeast Corridor in Stratford, Connecticut. It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service. The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the four tracks of the Northeast Corridor.^[2]: 22 The station has 294 parking spaces, which are all owned by the state.^[3]

Stratford
Stratford station in January 2016
General information
Location	2480 Main Street Stratford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41.195303°N 73.131523°W / 41.195303; -73.131523
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 1, 10, 16, 23, Coastal Link
Construction
Parking	294 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	20 (Metro-North)
History
Opened	December 25, 1848
Passengers
2018	1,658 daily boardings[1]
Services
Preceding station CT Rail Following station Bridgeport toward Stamford Shore Line East limited weekday service Milford toward New London Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Bridgeport toward Grand Central New Haven Line Milford toward New Haven or New Haven State Street Bridgeport Terminus Waterbury Branch weekday service Derby–Shelton toward Waterbury
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Bridgeport toward New York Main Line Devon toward New Haven
Location

History

The station opened on December 25, 1848.^[4][5] The first station building was constructed in 1849. A new station was built between 1853 and 1880; the older structure became a freight house and is no longer extant. The station building was moved east around 1894 when the line was quadruple-tracked, and a second building was added on the north (westbound) side. The buildings closed to passengers in 1973; the National Helicopter Museum opened in the eastbound (south) station building in 1983.^[6]

Shore Line East service at Stratford was suspended indefinitely on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[7][8] while Waterbury Branch service was suspended indefinitely on April 6 due to a signalization project.^[9] Waterbury Branch service resumed on October 26, 2020, and Shore Line East service resumed on October 7, 2024.^[10]