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Westport station (also informally known as Saugatuck station) is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Westport, Connecticut. It is located in the center of the Saugatuck section of town, a few miles south of downtown Westport, and is one of two stations serving Westport. The station was named Westport & Saugatuck in timetables of the New Haven Railroad and the early years of its corporate successor, Penn Central.

Westport
General information
Location	1 Railroad Place, Westport, Connecticut
Coordinates	41.119986°N 73.37142°W / 41.119986; -73.37142
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Norwalk Transit District: S1, S2, S3, S4, Imperial Avenue Shuttle, Nyla Farms Shuttle
Construction
Parking	1,454 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	18
History
Opened	December 25, 1848[1][2]
Electrified	12.5 kV AC overhead catenary
Passengers
2018	2,625
Rank	25 of 124[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station East Norwalk towards Grand Central New Haven Line Green's Farms towards New Haven or New Haven State Street
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station East Norwalk toward New York Main Line Green's Farms toward New Haven

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms. The northern platform is nine cars long, and the southern one is ten 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.[4]^: 21

The station has 1,454 parking spaces, 1,126 of them owned by the state.[5] The ticket office at the station was closed on July 7, 2010 and tickets must be purchased from vending machines adjacent to the platforms.[6]

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 3	←      New Haven Line toward Grand Central (East Norwalk)
	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 (Green's Farms) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

Bibliography

• Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The Story of the Bronx from the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the Present Day. New York, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

References

External links

• Media related to Westport (Metro-North station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Westport
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Westport Station" report dated December 2006
• entrance from Google Maps Street View
• http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf

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