Danbury | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Patriot Drive Danbury, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°23′47″N 73°26′57″W / 41.3963°N 73.4493°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Connecticut Department of Transportation[1] | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | City of Danbury[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  HARTransit: 2, 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 147 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 42 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1852 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1996 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 185 daily boardings[2] | ||||||||||||
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Danbury station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Danbury, Connecticut. The station is the northern terminus of Danbury Branch. The station is also a hub for Housatonic Area Regional Transit.
History
The original Danbury station opened in 1852 as the northern terminus of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. Throughout the history of the Danbury station, the station has had many different depots. The first depot was opened in 1852 and served as the headquarters for the D&N. The Danbury station would have three different depots over the course of its history from 1852 to today.[3] The 1903-Built Union station, was an important part of Danbury's industrial expansion through the 1900s. However, By 1995, the Union station had fallen into complete disrepair, and was replaced by today's station in 1996.[4] The present passenger station was built in 1996 by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) and replaced the older New Haven Railroad station, which now houses the Danbury Railway Museum.[5]
Station layout
The station has one three-car-long high-level island platform on the north side of the two-tracks line. A stub siding serves the north side of the platform.[6]: 28
The station has 147 parking spaces, all of which are owned by the state.[7]
References
- ^ a b Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ Bell, Bob. "Stations:D". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Bell, Bob. "Track 10 - High Drama in the Hat City: Links, Loops, Depots, and Dummies in Danbury, 1850-1925". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Danbury Railway Museum. "ABOUT US". Danburyrail.org. Danbury Railway Museum. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" submitted by Urbitran Associates Inc. to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization", page 6, July 2003 Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Danbury station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Danbury
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Danbury Station" report, July 2002
- Station from Google Maps Street View
- http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf
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