Beacon Falls station explained

Beacon Falls

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New Haven Connecticut

Address:

1 Railroad Avenue

Borough:

Beacon Falls, Connecticut

Coordinates:

41.4407°N -73.0631°W

Platform:

1 side platform

Tracks:

Parking:

28 spaces

Owned:

ConnDOT^[1]

Operator:

ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad

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Beacon Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. With just 14 daily passengers, the station is one of the least used stations in the entire Metro-North system.

After closing in 1949, the station reopened on October 27, 1991. When the station closed, it was a flag stop served by one train a day per direction.^[2]

Station layout

The station has one low-level side platform to the east of the single track, long enough for one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers.

The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, but Metro-North is responsible for maintaining platform lighting as well as trash and snow removal.^[1] The station has 28 parking spaces operated by the town of Beacon Falls.^[1] ^[3]

External links

Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Naugatuck Station" July 2002

Notes and References

Web site: New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report . Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation . . January 2007.
Glucksman . Randy . November 1991 . Commuter Rail Notes . New York Division ERA Bulletin . Electric Railroaders' Association . 34 . 11 . 6.
http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf "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