The two side platforms run from just north of where I-95 (the Connecticut Turnpike) crosses the river and above the rail line to just a bit south of Stratford Avenue. This platform offers views of the industrial waterfront from the 1970s decaying railings with a chain link fence behind it for further protection. The station is directly along the Pequonnock River with the New Haven-bound platform directly hugging the river with portions build on concrete piers over the river. A long 600 foot white pedestrian bridge leads from the northern end of the New York-bound platform across Stratford Avenue and to the modern bus station. Also north of the station is the modern Bridgeport Transportation Center, opened in 2008. Trains curve and cross the Pequonnock River heading northeast just after the station stop. Passengers needing the ferry can simply leave the Metro-North platforms and walk along the wharf to the docks. The ferry to Port Jefferson, Long Island departs from a dock just south of the station (on the opposite side of the I-95 bridge across the Pequonnock River) along this waterfront. The stop is intermodal with ferry and bus connections. Trains than use the switches and layover (scheduled for only about 20 to 30 minutes) directly on one of the middle express tracks before a New Haven-bound train arrives, connecting passengers get off and wait on the platform for the shuttle train to re-enter the station on the opposite platform, pick these passengers up and head north to Waterbury. This makes the Bridgeport Shuttle have a complex turnaround operation by first arriving on the New York-bound track to fumigate. There are no extra siding tracks beyond the station, just the Port Interlocking where switches connect all four tracks just west of the station. The station is up on a concrete embankment/viaduct. The stop has just two 8-car long side platforms along the outside tracks of the 4 track Northeast Corridor here. All Acela Express trains bypass the station.Īlthough the station is an important transfer point, the station layout doesn't reflect this. Amtrak also serves the station with the daily Vermonter and most Northeast Regionals making the station stop. The Waterbury Branch doesn't actually begin until after Stratford, one station further east. It is also the transfer point (except for one AM peak train that is extended to Stamford) to and from diesel Shuttle train service on the Waterbury Branch. Every Metro-North Train that passes through the area stops at the station. The addition of a modern bus station and parking garage in 2008 rebranded the station as the Bridgeport Transportation Center. The current rail station was completed in 1975 and has a concrete Brutalist design. Bridgeport is an important stop on the New Haven Line.
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