Cos Cob station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in the Cos Cob district of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Cos Cob
An eastbound train at Cos Cob station in July 2019
General information
Location	1 Station Drive, Cos Cob, Connecticut
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	567 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	15
History
Opened	December 25, 1848
Rebuilt	1890
Electrified	12.5 kV AC overhead catenary
Key dates
January 15, 1972	Station agent eliminated[1]
Passengers
2018	928
Rank	58 of 124[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Greenwich toward Grand Central New Haven Line Riverside toward Stamford
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Greenwich toward New York Main Line Riverside toward New Haven
Cos Cob Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Coordinates	41°1′52″N 73°35′54″W
Built	1894
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	89000928
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1989

History

On December 25, 1848, the last section of track on the railroad from New Haven to New York was completed over the Cos Cob Bridge. The first trial run was made on that day.[3]

The New York and New Haven Railroad was merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1872, and the station became part of that railroad. Beginning in 1907, the NYNH&H built the Cos Cob power plant as part of an effort to electrify the main line. As with all New Haven Line stations along the Northeast Corridor, the station became a Penn Central station upon acquisition by Penn Central Railroad in 1969, and eventually became part of the MTA's Metro-North Railroad in 1983. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.[4]^: 19

The station has 567 parking spaces, 361 owned by the state.[5]

Built in about 1894, the station house is a modest wood-frame structure measuring about 50 by 20 feet (15.2 m × 6.1 m). It has a clapboarded exterior, and an asymmetrical gabled roof with a short face toward the track, caused by the loss of the original platform shelter. The interior retains most of its original finishes. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Cos Cob Railroad Station.[6] The nearby Mianus River Railroad Bridge is also listed on the National Register. The Cos Cob Power Station, a former New Haven Railroad electrical substation on the western edge of that bridge, is also NRHP-registered despite being demolished during the turn of the millennium.

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	←      New Haven Line toward Grand Central (Greenwich)
	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 (Riverside) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut

References

External links

• Media related to Cos Cob station at Wikimedia Commons
• Metro-North station page for Cos Cob
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Condition Inspection for the Cos Cob Station; Connecticut Department of Transportation report, November 2002
• Fairfield County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
• http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf