West Haven Railroad Station

I really like the West Haven Railroad Station!
Opened in 2013, I finally had the chance to check out the newest addition to the Metro-​North New Haven Line. Situated between the New Haven and Milford stations, it’ easy to access and one of the cleanest stations I’ve ever used.
Consisting of just two buildings. The smaller building has a staircase leading to the pedestrian overpass, which leads to the main building. The larger, main station building, houses the waiting area and an area for vendors, restrooms and vending machines.
There are no staffed ticket offices. Instead, there are only three ticket machines at this station. Two ticket machines are located on the westbound platform and the other ticket machine located on the eastbound platform. All ticket machines accept cash, credit cards and debit cards.
Parking at the station is straightforward: $ 6 for (12-​hr) daily passes and $ 300 for six-​month permits. Parking is free on weekends and holidays though.
I love going to the other, more historical train stations. But the next time you’re thinking of heading to NY, consider using the West Haven station; lots of glass, lots of windows, plenty of light!

Free (and plentiful) parking on the weekends and after 5pm. During the weekday hours it’s $ 6/​day and still plenty of parking.
Waiting area hours could be expanded, especially when its cold, but overall I like using West Haven. Same price zone as New Haven station.

Beautiful new station on the New Haven line. Great alternative to Union Station to those of us in the area… worth driving an extra 5 – 10 minutes (in the direction you’re going anyway) for quick and easy (and free on the weekends!) parking, and quick on and off the train. Facility has clean restrooms and a bright and welcoming indoor lobby area if it’s raining or cold.
My only complaint was confusing signage regarding the parking — the sign in the lot said it was metered «all other times» (besides mon-​fri commuting hours which are permit only), but later saw a flyer posted that weekends are free. So hooray for free, but I do wish they made that more clear. If I’d had the right change/​card for the meter machine I would have paid when I arrived not realizing it was free. But now I know, and I will definitely be using this station again next time I’m headed to NYC!

Thank you to Joe C. and Hilary R. for pointing me to this train station in the Unilocal talk threads!
I have used other trains stations to get into the city, but was concerned about coming back late at night, making sure the station was still safely lit, and that my car was still there. The West Haven train station is incredibly gorgeous. It seemed like it was just remodeled, with plenty of parking available. I loved that the whole station was still well lit even coming back at 3 in the morning, and the lots were still adequately filled with other cars.
The small building to wait in has an elevator (in addition to the stairs) to take you from one side of the tracks to the other. It was still accessible for us even when we got back at 3 a.m., which was great because we are COMPLETELY DONE WITH STAIRS after walking around NYC for 12+ hours.
Yes the price going into and coming back from NYC will be a bit more because this station is farther from Grand Central, but I’d rather park here with a peace of mind any time of the day.

Dude! Awesome new station for the New Haven line! Modern, sleek, open, you can get on any car of the arriving train, plentiful parking, could use more ticket machines on the platform, but such a nice option, and really beats having to go to Milford or New Haven when you’re visiting folks between those two stops. Big fan here!

So glad we have a station in West Haven now. It’s clean, and easy to access. Traffic and parking has never been a problem, and passenger waiting lobby is bright and open, and has a lot of potential. There are only a few issues:
1) The waiting room is only open during certain hours — so we’ve been stuck outside in the freezing wind, snow and rain on several occasions.
2) I have been unable to figure out what to do if I’m leaving for the City over the weekend, but plan on returning on a weekday. The parking meters are shut down on weekends, so there’s no way of paying for the weekdays. This was rather inconvenient.
3) The PA system from inside the lobby is really poor. For such a new building, they should really figure out the acoustics.

Brand new train station with tons of parking on both sides of the tracks (free on weekends!) and an inside smallish terminal that is very clean and bright. There’s also an enclosed walkway over the tracks so you can get over to the other side of the station, should you need to.
Another plus is that there are no stairs from parking lot to platform so it’s really easy when you have a rolling suitcase to lug along. I can’t think of any negatives here… it is now my preferred station versus New Haven or even Milford, which has a tiny parking/​waiting area and lots of stairs to get to and from the platforms.
A win-​win all around!

What a gorgeous station! So much easier to come to this station than to go all the way into New Haven! With parking at $ 6 dollars a day, you can go wrong! And as of so far, every weekend that I’ve gone to the city, parking is free! There are some ticket terminals trackside which makes running to your train late easy!