West Haven station

West Haven
A New Haven Line train passes West Haven
General information
Location	20 Railroad Avenue West Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°16′16″N 72°57′48″W / 41.271142°N 72.963199°W / 41.271142; -72.963199
Line(s)	ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	660 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	21
History
Opened	August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18)
Passengers
2018	1,117 daily boardings[1] (Metro-North)
Services
Preceding station CT Rail Following station Milford toward Stamford Shore Line East limited weekday service New Haven Union Station toward New London Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Milford toward Grand Central New Haven Line New Haven Terminus New Haven peak service toward New Haven State Street
Location

West Haven station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in West Haven, Connecticut. The station was built on Sawmill Road between Hood Terrace and Railroad Avenue, in the Elm Street-Wagner Place neighborhood. West Haven has 660 parking spaces in on-site lots (with the possibility of 300–400 more in a parking garage in a refurbished industrial building north of the station if warranted by future demand) as well as bicycle facilities. The station is accessible. West Haven has full service on the New Haven Line.^[2]

After a decade of studies, planning, and controversy over the station site, ground was broken for the station on November 10, 2010.^[3] The $80 million project included the station, with two 12-car platforms, a glass station building, and an overhead pedestrian bridge, as well as the restoration of the formerly abandoned fourth mainline track through the station. It is only the second new station on the line in a century, after Fairfield Metro (now Fairfield–Black Rock) in 2011. The station opened to passengers on August 18, 2013.^[4][5]