Stamford, CT
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Bridgeport, CT (20.1 mi).
About Stamford
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut’s second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size city terminal ($1–2B range) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base | $300M |
| Track: Stamford → Bridgeport | 20.1 mi × $500M/mi | $10.1B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $11.9B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
The Stamford Transportation Center district. The existing Metro-North/Amtrak hub already anchors the region’s busiest commuter flows, with I-95 and the Merritt Parkway feeding the same catchment. The rail yards east of the station offer the straightest available approach for elevated maglev guideways, and a terminal here intercepts New York-bound demand before it ever reaches the highways.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- <b>Norwalk</b> — the next Metro-North city west, a natural commuter-rail interchange.
- <b>Westport</b> — dense Fairfield County suburb with strong NYC-commuter demand.
- <b>Fairfield</b> — university town (Fairfield U, Sacred Heart) at the corridor’s midpoint.