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 Trackside view of station shelter |
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| Address | 1 Glover Avenue Norwalk, CT, 06850-1309 |
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| Coordinates | 41°08′48″N 73°25′40″W / 41.1466°N 73.4278°WCoordinates: 41°08′48″N 73°25′40″W / 41.1466°N 73.4278°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 88 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||
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The Merritt 7 Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the northern part of Norwalk, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. Merritt 7 is named for a nearby business park based at the intersection of the Merritt Parkway and United States Route 7. The station is the only regular stop in the Metro-North system outside of the Waterbury Branch, the Pascack Valley Line, and the Port Jervis Line to have a low-level platform.
The Merritt-7 Office Complex built the station while separating the station from building entrances by a fence to make the complex transit adjacent but not transit-oriented.[1]
Merritt 7 is 45 miles (72 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 74 minutes. The station opened on July 29, 1985.[2]
The station has 88 parking spaces, all owned by the state.[3]
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[edit] Platform and track configuration
This station has one seven-car-long low-level side platform to the west of the track. The Danbury Branch has one track at this location.
[edit] See also
- Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for train commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.
[edit] Pictures
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Shelter as seen from southwest
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The tiny railroad station is dwarfed by neighboring office buildings
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Parking at north side of station
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Parking lot at station's south side
[edit] Notes
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- ^ Connecticut Department of Transportation January 2007 Visual Inspection Report
- ^ Charles, Eleanor (July 28, 1985). "RAIL STATION FOR CORPORATE PARK". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A17F8395C0C7B8EDDAE0894DD484D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fR%2fRailroads.
- ^ "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
[edit] External links
- Metro-North Railroad - Merritt 7
- Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Merritt 7 Station" report dated August 2002
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