Springdale (Metro-North station)

The Springdale Metro-North Railroad station is located in Springdale section of Stamford, Connecticut along the New Canaan Branch of the New Haven Line.DescriptionThe station is entirely on the west side of the single track of the New Canaan Branch and is between the Glenbrook and Talmadge Hill stations, 36.9 miles from Grand Central Terminal.The Springdale station has a Plexiglas shelter (with a bench that seats eight) and a single side platform located on the west side of the track, allowing access to four railroad cars at once. The parking lot has landscaping and a "period pedestal clock".The station has no ticket machine or staffed ticket office.HistoryThe Springdale station began as a stop on the New Canaan Railroad, which was chartered May 1866 as a short branch of the New York and New Haven Railroad. The line opened July 4, 1868. As with the rest of the New Haven Railroad, the station was acquired by Penn Central Railroad in 1969, and went bankrupt within the next year. Despite these problems, Springdale station was reconstructed 1/10 of a mile south of its previous location in 1972 in order to accommodate the new M-2 Cosmopolitan railcars. The station remains at the same location to this present day.