Amtrak Northeast Corridor

New York Penn Station to Boston South Station

With assistance from "JIMBEAR"

New York Penn Station  is discussed on a separate page

New Rochelle is  located in a cut on the east side and at grade on the west side. There are five tracks passing through the station, with platform arrangement, from west to east, as follows: wall platform for southbound trains, two bypass tracks with no platform, and finally an island platform for northbound trains. The station house is located on the southbound side. There is a crossover connecting the platforms. This station is also served by occasional Amtrak trains. Directly adjacent to the station on the west is the New York Thruway (I-95). From here to New Haven, I-95 will not be too far apart from the railroad, although it may not be adjacent at all times.

Stamford, CT Amtrak trains also stop here, and Amtrak is funding the major renovations still underway. Connections are available for the New Canaan Branch. The main station is over the tracks, all platforms having a crossover. From west to east, platform and track arrangements are: Wall platform serving track 4; island platform serving track 4 and track 2 (trains on track 5 and track 3 open both sides); one bypass track; island platform serving track 1 and 3.and a wall platform serving track 3 Stamford is also home to a Metro- North maintenance facility and storage yards for Amtrak and Metro North trains. The wall platforms are shorter than the island platforms

Bridgeport has four tracks and two wall platforms with crossunders and station houses on both platforms. A small maintenance-of-way yard is to the northeast of the station. Within the confines of the station, I-95 passes diagonally overhead. Old low platforms were found north of the station. The main station is on the west side. The station also houses the Greyhound bus station as well as the ferry to Port Jefferson, Long Island. The northbound station platform is actually over the water! This is the connection to the Waterbury Branch.

New Haven  Amtrak's presence is obvious. The station is named Union Station. It was built in1920 and restored using federal funds in 1985.  A yard is located to both sides of the station for both Amtrak and Metro North. The main station is on the west side at street level and is also home to New Haven's Greyhound Bus station. Connections can be made to Shore Line East service. A tunnel connects all platforms. From west to east platforms and tracks are as follows:

• Island platform serving tracks 14/12

•   Island platform serving tracks 10/8

•   Island platform serving tracks 4/2

•   Island platform serving tracks 3/1

No evidence found for tracks 13, 9, 7, 6, 5

Old Saybrook has 3 tracks and 2 island platforms

New London has 2 tracks and 2 side platforms. Today's Shore Line East ends here but Amtrak continues to Boston. We cross several bodies of water including the Thames River and the Thames River Lift Bridge

 Groton,  an abandoned station follows

 Midway an abandoned station follows

 West Mystic  an abandoned station follows

Mystic has two tracks and two low side platforms. Each platform has a wooden station house. We cross some more bodies of water and enter Rhode Island

 Stonington  an abandoned station follows

Westerly, RI  has two tracks and two low side platforms with a crossover. A mission style stationhouse is present eastbound.

 Bradford an abandoned station follows

 Wood River Junction an abandoned station follows

 Shannock an abandoned station follows

 Kenyons an abandoned station follows

Kingston has two tracks, two low side platforms with mini high platforms

 Slocum's an abandoned station follows

 Wickford Junction an abandoned station follows

 Davisville an abandoned station follows

East Greenwich an abandoned station follows

 Apponaug an abandoned station follows

 Hillsgrove an abandoned station follows

 Norwood an abandoned station follows 

Cranston an abandoned station follows

Providence has four tracks and two high island platforms with a crossover. The stationhouse is over the tracks. The old station is not seen since the tracks were relocated and the old Right of Way abandoned

 Pawtucket/ Central Falls had four tracks and two low island platforms with a crossover. The stationhouse is over the tracks. Sources advise this station might reopen

Route 128/Union Park , MA has two tracks and two high side platforms. the stationhouse is on the westbound platform. The old low platforms are to just the North of the current station. We now pass through a tunnel

Boston Back Bay/ Columbus Avenue  has three tracks and a high island serving the west and center track and a side platform serving the east track. To the north are two tracks for the Boston Orange Line subway.

Boston South Station has 13 tracks and high platforms with a stub end at the station. From west to East:

side platform, track1, track2, island platform, track 3, track 4, island, track 5, track 6, island, track 7, track 8, island, track 9, island,  track 10. to access tracks 11-13 walk to the west of track 10 and then south and you will see a short island servicing tracks 11 and 12,  and track 13 served by a side platform.
 

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