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Old Greenwich station is a
The station was built in 1872 as Sound Beach, named after nearby Greenwich Point Beach. It was renamed Old Greenwich in 1931. The current station building, built about 1894, is a well-preserved example of the New Haven Railroad's period stations, with a utilitarian interior and exterior nods to period Victorian architectural styles. It was added to the
Sound Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{National Register of Historic Places Metro-North Railroad stations in Connecticut Stations on the Northeast Corridor Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Buildings and structures in Greenwich, Connecticut Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892 National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut 1892 establishments in Connecticut
commuter rail
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station served by the Metro-North Railroad
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New Haven Line
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, located in the Old Greenwich
Old Greenwich is an affluent coastal village in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,611.
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neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...
. The station has two side platform
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s, each ten cars long, which serve the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor
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History
The station was built in 1872 as Sound Beach, named after nearby Greenwich Point Beach. It was renamed Old Greenwich in 1931. The current station building, built about 1894, is a well-preserved example of the New Haven Railroad's period stations, with a utilitarian interior and exterior nods to period Victorian architectural styles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1989 as Sound Beach Railroad Station. The station formerly had six-car-length high-level platforms, which could not serve all cars on some trains. In 2009, Metro-North began planning a project to replace structurally deficient railroad bridges over South Beach Avenue and Tomac Avenue. The scope of the project was later expanded to include platform extensions to 10-car length, as well as an expansion of the south parking lot. Notice to proceed on the $14.9 million project was given in August 2014, and construction began the next May. After several delays, the project was completed in late 2019. A retaining wall built for the parking lot expansion attracted criticism for its stark design, with comparisons to the Berlin Wall
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and The Wall
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from ''Game of Thrones
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Sound Beach Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{National Register of Historic Places Metro-North Railroad stations in Connecticut Stations on the Northeast Corridor Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Buildings and structures in Greenwich, Connecticut Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892 National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut 1892 establishments in Connecticut