New Haven Line

New Haven Line
An outbound train of M8s near Port Chester
Overview
Owner	CTDOT (in Connecticut) Metro-North (in New York)
Locale	New York City (Manhattan and The Bronx) and Westchester, Fairfield and New Haven counties
Termini	Grand Central Stamford (local service) New Haven New Haven State Street (limited service)
Stations	30 main; 17 branch
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metro-North Railroad
Services	1 main line; 3 branches
Operator(s)	MTA Metro-North Railroad
Ridership	28,700,485 (annual ridership, 2023)[1]
Technical
Track length	74 mi (119 km) (Main Line) 7.9 mi (12.7 km) (New Canaan Branch) 23.6 mi (38.0 km) (Danbury Branch) 27 mi (43 km) (Waterbury Branch)
Character	4-track main line (3 tracks between Housatonic River and Milford) Single-track branches
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC (Pelham to New Haven State Street) Third rail, 750 V DC (Grand Central Terminal to Mount Vernon East)
Operating speed	80 mph (130 km/h)[2] (max)
Route map Show interactive map Legend Northeast Corridor to Boston South New Haven–Springfield Line to Springfield 74.0 mi 119.1 km New Haven State Street 72.3 mi 116.4 km New Haven New Haven Yard 69.0 mi 111 km West Haven Orange (proposed) Woodmont (closed) Zone 21 Zone 20 63.2 mi 101.7 km Milford 87.5 mi 140.8 km Waterbury 000 mi 0 km Waterbury Branch 000 mi 0 km Waterbury Yard  82.5 mi 132.8 km Naugatuck 78.5 mi 126.3 km Beacon Falls 75.0 mi 120.7 km Seymour 71.1 mi 114.4 km Ansonia 69.5 mi 111.8 km Derby–Shelton Zone 51 Zone 20 Devon Transfer (closed) Housatonic River 59.0 mi 95 km Stratford Zone 20 Zone 19 Bridgeport Yard 55.4 mi 89.2 km Bridgeport Zone 19 Zone 18 53.0 mi 85.3 km Fairfield–Black Rock 50.5 mi 81.3 km Fairfield 48.9 mi 78.7 km Southport 47.2 mi 76 km Green's Farms Saugatuck River 44.2 mi 71.1 km Westport Zone 18 Zone 17 42.0 mi 67.6 km East Norwalk Norwalk River 64.9 mi 104.4 km Danbury 000 mi 0 km Danbury Branch 62.2 mi 100.1 km Bethel  58.5 mi 94.1 km Redding 54.0 mi 86.9 km Branchville 000 mi 0 km Zone 42 Zone 41 50.2 mi 80.8 km Cannondale 48.5 mi 78.1 km Wilton 45.0 mi 72.4 km Merritt 7 000 mi 0 km Zone 41 Zone 17 41.0 mi 66 km South Norwalk Zone 17 Zone 16 39.2 mi 63.1 km Rowayton 37.7 mi 60.7 km Darien 36.2 mi 58.3 km Noroton Heights 41.2 mi 66.3 km New Canaan 000 mi 0 km New Canaan Branch 39.0 mi 62.8 km Talmadge Hill  36.9 mi 59.4 km Springdale 35.2 mi 56.6 km Glenbrook 000 mi 0 km Zone 31 Zone 16 Stamford Yard 33.0 mi 53.1 km Stamford Zone 16 Zone 15 31.2 mi 50.2 km Old Greenwich 30.2 mi 48.6 km Riverside Mianus River 29.6 mi 47.6 km Cos Cob 28.1 mi 45.2 km Greenwich Connecticut New York Zone 15 Zone 14 25.7 mi 41.4 km Port Chester 24.1 mi 38.8 km Rye Zone 14 Zone 13 22.2 mi 35.7 km Harrison 20.5 mi 33 km Mamaroneck 18.7 mi 30.1 km Larchmont Zone 13 Zone 12 16.6 mi 26.7 km New Rochelle Penn Station Access (future) 000 mi 0 km Northeast Corridor to Penn Station & Secaucus 000 mi 0 km Hutchinson River  Co-op City (future) Morris Park (future) Parkchester/Van Nest (future) Hunts Point (future) Hell Gate Bridge LIRR Main Line Sunnyside (future) East River Tunnels Penn Station North River Tunnels Secaucus Junction (special event service) 15.1 mi 24.3 km Pelham ↑ overhead catenary ↓ third rail Columbus Avenue (closed) 14.0 mi 22.5 km Mount Vernon East Zone 12 Zone 2 Harlem to Wassaic Harlem intermediate stops 8.9 mi 14.3 km Fordham Harlem intermediate stops Hudson to Poughkeepsie Yankees–East 153rd Street (special events) Mott Haven Junction 138th Street (closed) Oak Point Link Harlem River Lift Bridge Zone 2 Zone 1 4.2 mi 6.8 km Harlem–125th Street ​​ 0.0 mi 0 km Park Avenue Tunnel 0.0 mi 0 km 110th Street Park Avenue Tunnel 86th Street 72nd Street 59th Street 0.0 mi 0 km Grand Central Terminal ​​​​​ This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut. Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The New Haven Line carries 125,000 passengers every weekday and 39 million passengers a year.^[3] The busiest intermediate station is Stamford, with 8.4 million passengers, or 21% of the line's ridership.^[4]

The line was originally part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, forming the southern leg of the New Haven's main line. It is colored red on Metro-North timetables and system maps, and stations on the line have red trim. The red color-coding is a nod to the red paint used in the New Haven's paint scheme for much of the last decade of its history. The section from Grand Central to the New York-Connecticut border is owned by Metro-North and the section from the state line to New Haven is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). From west to east in Connecticut, three branches split off: the New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch, and Waterbury Branch, all owned by CTDOT.

The New Haven Line is part of the Northeast Corridor; its share of the Northeast Corridor is the busiest rail line in the United States.^[3] Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Acela use the line between New Rochelle, New York, and New Haven, and five New Haven Line stations are shared with Amtrak. Local freight service is provided on the line in Connecticut by CSX Transportation, and the Providence and Worcester Railroad operates unit trains of stone along the line.