Stamford (Metro-North station)

Stamford
Stamford station from the garage in 2007
Location	490 Washington Boulevard (30 South State Street) Stamford, Connecticut United States
Coordinates	41°02′49″N 73°32′29″W / 41.046937°N 73.541493°W / 41.046937; -73.541493Coordinates: 41°02′49″N 73°32′29″W / 41.046937°N 73.541493°W / 41.046937; -73.541493
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor (ConnDOT)
Platforms	2 island platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks	6 ( 5 Used )
Connections	CT Transit Stamford: 311, 312, 313, 321, 324, 326, 327, 328, 331, 333, 334, 335, 336, 341, 342, 344, 345, 351, 971 Greyhound
Construction
Parking	1,500
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	STM (Amtrak) ZTF (IATA)
Fare zone	16 (Metro-North)
History
Opened	1849
Rebuilt	1861, 1890s, 1987, 2004
Electrified	12,500V (AC) overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1.928 million  18% (Metro-North)
Passengers (2015)	394,824  1.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station New York City toward Washington, DC Acela Express New Haven toward Boston South Station New Rochelle toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Bridgeport toward Boston South Station or Springfield New York City toward Washington, DC Vermonter Bridgeport toward St. Albans ConnDOT Terminus Shore Line East Bridgeport toward New London Metro-North Railroad Harlem–125th Street toward Grand Central New Haven Line Noroton Heights toward New Haven State Street Old Greenwich toward Grand Central New Haven Line Terminus Terminus New Canaan Branch Glenbrook toward New Canaan Harlem–125th Street toward Grand Central Greenwich toward Grand Central Danbury Branch (limited) Noroton Heights toward Danbury Harlem–125th Street toward Grand Central Waterbury Branch (limited) Bridgeport toward Waterbury

Stamford, officially known as the Stewart B. McKinney Transportation Center or the Stamford Transportation Center, is a major railroad station in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, serving passengers traveling on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and Shore Line East.

The station is 33 miles (53 km) from Grand Central Terminal. Just northeast of the station is the split for the New Canaan Branch. A few Shore Line East trains terminate at Stamford during the morning rush hour, and originate there in the evening.

United Airlines codeshares with Amtrak to provide service out of Stamford station to the train station at United's Northeast hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. As such, the train station has the IATA Airport Code (as an IATA-indexed train station) ZTF.

Downtown Stamford is directly north of the station.

Regular daily train service began in Stamford on January 1, 1849. In 1867, a depot was built one block east of the present location. The railroad at that time consisted of two tracks and passed through town on ground level (crossing the streets at grade). In the mid-1890s two more tracks were added to the line and most crossings were elevated and bridged, so the 1867 depot, was razed and replaced.

In 1987, the New York Times published a review of the then-new Stamford Transportation Center by architecture critic Paul Goldberger. The station was criticized for "a harshness almost unequaled in contemporary architecture" as well as for cost overruns and many functional failings, including the lack of shelter for the track platforms. The route from the cross-tracks waiting room to the platform was so long and indirect that passengers who waited indoors until a train's arrival was announced could not get to the platform in time to board it.