{"id":3966,"date":"2023-02-15T21:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T01:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:12:33","slug":"old-greenwich-metro-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/15\/old-greenwich-metro-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Greenwich (Metro-North)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another station in Greenwich, oh my! Well, it’s not that bad. Besides, I-95 isn’t close by for once and it’s in a sleepy neighborhood that, *gasps* has things to do!!! Woah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adios!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, getting off the platform, it’s the same story as Riverside and Cos Cob. Honestly, it’s kinda exhausting at this point since I may as well copy-paste. But, ’cause I love y’all, I’ll beat the dead horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking towards Grand Central<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sign!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You got benches, wastebaskets, shelters, and vending machines. Parking is on either side, permit only (as is also the case with Riverside & Cos Cob), and sorry, the station building is closed. Man, they should really have the station building open outside the morning rush, maybe with a small convenience store for the local neighborhood as well as restrooms. After all, headways can get a bit wonky, especially at rush hour. Anyways, the area around the station itself is a small village with shopping and restaurants. Nothing stood out to me, and no I’m not counting Dunkin’ here, because of course there’s gonna be a Dunkin’ in every small CDP in New England. CTtransit also stops here, peak hours only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look, a Dunkin’!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This looks kinda fancy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the other side!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amtrak!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Metro-North!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And my train to Cos Cob!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s in a suburban area, and unlike the other two suburban park & rides in Greenwich, it’s actually got things around it one can do! It also has a CTtransit connection, peak hours only though.

The bad: It’s still suffering many of the problems Cos Cob and Riverside suffered. Those problems being no departure board and a lack of ADA compliance. Also, I’ll have to nitpick that the CTtransit connection is peak-only, and the station building is only open during the morning rush. There’s also no bike racks.

Nearby points of interest: Old Greenwich seems like a nice little village! There’s also a park on the other side of the tracks, and a golf club nearby.

Transit connections:
Metro-North (New Haven)
CTtransit (324, limited service)

Overall, I think outside of Greenwich, this station’s probably the best one of the bunch. It’s got stuff to do, has a decent amount of parking, and it also has bus connections (albeit limited). So, I think this one deserves a decent score.

Rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another station in Greenwich, oh my! Well, it’s not that bad. Besides, I-95 isn’t close by for once and it’s in a sleepy neighborhood that, *gasps* has things to do!!! Woah! So, getting off the platform, it’s the same story as Riverside and Cos Cob. Honestly, it’s kinda exhausting at this point since I may … Continue reading “Old Greenwich (Metro-North)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-extra","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6638,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions\/6638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}