North Danbury station
The North Danbury station is a proposed commuter rail stop on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, to be located in Danbury, Connecticut.
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| Location | 67 White Turkey Road Ext. Danbury, CT, 06810 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.4285°N 73.4113°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Danbury Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 43 | ||||||||||
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History
Plans call for the station to be located at the current park and ride at 67 White Turkey Road Ext, adjacent to the Brookfield-Danbury border.[1] Original plans for the station had surfaced in 2009–2010, when a study was conducted to determine the viability of the station.[2] Although plans had gone under for a while, improvements being made to the line by the State of Connecticut could mean a station in the near future.[3] In September 2020, due to an increase in demand for expansion of commuter rail service to Greater Danbury, the United States Department of Transportation awarded a $400,000 grant to the Western Connecticut Council of Governments to study improvements along the Danbury Branch line and develop a plan for expanding service north. This would include the construction of a North Danbury, Brookfield and New Milford station.[4]
Proposed station layout
| P Platform level |
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right  | ||
| Track 1 | ← Danbury Branch toward Grand Central or South Norwalk (Danbury) Danbury Branch toward New Milford (Brookfield) → | |
See also
- Connecticut Commuter Rail Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.
References
- https://www.dotdata.ct.gov/DanburyBranchStudy/documents/TOD%20Report/10_Appendix%20C_Danbury%20Branch%20TOD%20Report_compressed.pdf Danbury Branch Extension Planning Documents: TOD Potential Maps
- http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Metro-North-s-Danbury-Line-improvements-getting-6006976.php Proposed Danbury Branch Extension
- http://www.danburybranchstudy.com/ Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Danbury Branch Electrification Study
- https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/09/17-six-rail-projects-among-58-receiving-build-grant-capital-funding Six rail projects among 58 receiving BUILD grant capital funding Another 10 projects with rail component get capital or planning funding September 17, 2020