Line(s) New Haven Line Parking 567 spaces Opened 25 December 1848 Rebuilt 1890 Platforms in use 2 | Tracks 4 Fare zone 15 Architectural style Stick style Added to NRHP 28 August 1989 | |
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Location 1 Station Drive,
Cos Cob, CT 06807-2736 Electrified 12,500V (AC) overhead catenary Address Greenwich, CT 06807, United States Similar Old Greenwich, Riverside, Rowayton, East Norwalk, Green's Farms | ||
The Cos Cob Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Cos Cob area of Greenwich, Connecticut, via the New Haven Line.
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Cos Cob is 29.6 miles (47.6 km) from Grand Central Terminal. The station has 567 parking spaces, 361 owned by the state.
Built in about 1890, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Cos Cob Railroad Station. The nearby Mianus River Railroad Bridge is also listed on the National Register. The Cos Cob Power Station, a former New Haven Railroad electrical substation on the western edge of that bridge is also NRHP-registered despite being demolished during the turn of the millennium.
History
On December 25, 1848, the last section of track, over the Cos Cob Bridge, on the railroad from New Haven to New York was completed. The first trail run was made on that day.
Editors of two Stamford newspapers reported on the event. William H. Holly, Esq., founder of the Stamford Sentinel and a guest on the first trial run, wrote: "The train had to remain at Cos Cob Bridge some three hours for the last rails to be laid over it and the delay gave ample opportunity to the people to come and witness the wonderful feat. The general impression among them seemed to be, that the first train that attempted to cross this pass would also be the last."
Edgar Hoyt, editor of the Stamford Advocate: "The citizens of the village as well as the horses, cattle, etc., were nearly frightened out of their propriety ... by such a horrible scream as was never heard to issue from any other than a metallic throat. Animals of every description went careening round the fields, snuffling the air in their terror."
Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms each six cars long.