Cos Cob station facts for kids
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Cos Cob
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West side of the station house
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Location | 1 Station Drive, Cos Cob, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 567 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 15 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | December 25, 1848 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | 12.5 kV AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||
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January 15, 1972 | Station agent eliminated | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2018) | 928 | ||||||||||||
Rank | 58 of 124 | ||||||||||||
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Cos Cob Railroad Station
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Location | Greenwich, Connecticut, USA | ||||||||||||
Built | 1894 | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 89000928 | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | August 28, 1989 |
The 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.
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.
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
This station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.
The station has 567 parking spaces, 361 owned by the state.
Built in about 1890, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Cos Cob Railroad Station. 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 |
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Track 2 | Amtrak services do not stop here → New Haven Line express trains do not stop here → |
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Track 4 | New Haven Line toward Stamford (Riverside) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
G | Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |