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Location / Name:
Stamford CT, Fairfield County
What's Here:
Metro-North Station
Stamford Yard
Data:
GPS Coordinates: 41.04690, -73.54191
Phone A/C: 203
ZIP: 06901
Station Code: STM
34 miles (55 kilometers) from New York City
Sixth-most populous city in New England
CT's second-most populous city behind Bridgeport, however, Stamford is the state's largest city by area
As of 2023, Stamford is home to eight Fortune 500 companies
Stamford is the second-busiest station on the Metro-North system, after Grand Central Terminal
City bus transportation is provided by CT Transit
Access by train/transit:
Metro-North and Amtrak.
Geography:
Flat
The Scoop:
Metro-North operates the commuter trains into Stamford out of Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, NYC.
Stamford represents your typical New Haven turned MN station. Gone however are the low-level platforms and triangular shaped catenary wire :-(
BTW, GCT, celebrated it's 100th birthday in 2013.
Service runs seven days a week.
There is a nice story about Stamford in the February 2013 issue of Railfan & Railroad.
Certain Amtrak trains also stop here.
Stamford is located on Metro-North's New Haven Line - the line runs to New Haven. This is also Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
In addition, three branches split off and go to New Canaan, Danbury, and Waterbury. They all have great places to photograph at, but there are a couple of especially picturesque places along the water coming into Waterbury, especially in the fall.
The station is about three miles north of the infamous Cos-Cob power station, which before the upgrade, powered everything from GCT to New Haven.
Unless noted otherwise, many thanks to fellow co-worker Pat Spera for the pictures in Stamford, especially all of his detail shots!
Acknowledgements:
Pat Spera
R33/R36 Mainline
Google Maps
Bing Maps
Open Railway Map
Wikipedia
Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Corridor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT_Transit_Stamford
Access is easy-peasy off of I-95, which runs right along the NEC Corridor.
If NB from NYC, take exit 8, take a right at the bottom of the ramp, go to the second street, Station Place and hang a right. Go down till it deadends at Washington Blvd, take a right, and then an immediate right into the station.
If SB on I-95, exit 7 onto N. State St. Take a left at Atlantic St and go under the tracks, then a right onto Station Place, and the rest is as above.
1 Stamford Metro-North Station
These pictures were taken by R33/R36 Mainline, and I found them here, he's got many more on the page!
2 Metro-North Maintenance Facility
3 ex New Haven Stamford Tower
Signals
At the Station
Additional information on the ConnDOT site is here
Trains run at various intervals, closer during the rush, less so off peak. Some trains depart minutes apart, while during the lull, trains may be 20-30 minutes apart. The MTA's page for schedules is here, way too many trains to post here.
NEW 03/21/2012
Last Modified
16-Jul-2025