Branchville station explained

Branchville
Style:MNRR
Style2:New Haven Connecticut
Address:787 Branchville Road
Borough:Ridgefield, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.2667°N -73.4409°W
Owned:Connecticut Department of Transportation[1]
Operator:Town of Ridgefield
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Connections: Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
Parking:168 spaces
Accessible:yes
Zone:42
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. EE0034
Zoom:14

Branchville station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Branchville neighborhood of Ridgefield, Connecticut.

History

Ridgefield opened in 1852 as an original station on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The name was changed to Branchville upon the 1870 opening of the Ridgefield Branch. A new station building was built around 1887 and served until the current station house was built in 1905.[2] The building is currently occupied by the Whistle Stop Bakery, which opened in the 1980s.[3] The Ridgefield Branch was used for passenger service until 1925 and for freight service until 1964.[4] [5]

Station layout

The station has one three-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the single track. A 1500feet passing siding extends north from the station.[6]

The station has 168 parking spaces,[7] is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), and managed by the town. However, Metro-North is responsible for trash removal.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report . Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation . . January 2007.
  2. Web site: Bell . Bob . Stations:BR-BU . Tylercitystation.info . Tylercitystation . January 22, 2021 . 1.
  3. Web site: Woman bakes for crowds of commuters . Connecticut Post . August 8, 2018 . January 5, 2012 . Miller . Robert.
  4. Web site: Branchville station: Bridging the past with the future . NewsTimes . August 8, 2018 . February 14, 2012 . Perrefort . Dirk.
  5. Web site: Branchville, Connecticut (CT) Page :: Mining, Railroad, Old Route 7 and More . historyofredding.net . August 8, 2018.
  6. Web site: Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015. 2015. Metro-North Railroad. January 28, 2019.
  7. 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