Bridgeport station (Connecticut) suspected pending completion of an investigation. As of August 2006, average weekday commuter ridership was 3,120 passengers. Bridgeport is the busiest Metro-North station between and New Haven's Union Station. The station has 1,453 parking spaces, with 950 owned by the state. Bridgeport station (Connecticut) The Bridgeport station is a shared Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad, and Shore Line East train station along the Northeast Corridor serving Bridgeport, Connecticut and nearby towns. On Metro-North, the station is the transfer point between the Waterbury Branch and the New Haven mainline. Amtrak's inter-city "Northeast Regional" and "Vermonter" service also stop at the station, as do
Bridgeport, Connecticut the mouth of the Pequonnock River, named after the Native American name originally given to the area. Bridgeport is renowned for its public park system, which has led to its official nickname as "the Park City". The city's first public park was the westerly portion of McLevy Green, first set aside as a public square 1806, although the Clinton Park Militia Grounds (1666) and Old Mill Green (1717) were set aside earlier as public commons by the towns of Fairfield and Stratford, respectively. As the city rapidly grew in population, residents recognized the need for more public parks and by