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Wilton station (Metro-North)

Coordinates: 41°11′45″N 73°25′56″W / 41.1959°N 73.4321°W / 41.1959; -73.4321
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Wilton
Station house and platform, view from northwest
General information
Location7 Station Road, Wilton, Connecticut
Coordinates41°11′45″N 73°25′56″W / 41.1959°N 73.4321°W / 41.1959; -73.4321
Owned byConnDOT[1]
Operated byConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNorwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
Construction
Parking212
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone41
Passengers
2018240
Rank94 of 124[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Merritt 7 Danbury Branch Cannondale
toward Danbury
Kent Road
(Closed 1994)

The Wilton station is a commuter rail stop on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Wilton, Connecticut.

Station layout

This station has one four-car-long high-level island platform serving trains in both directions. On either side of the station, the two tracks merge into a single track.[3]: 26 

The station has 212 parking spaces, 105 owned by the state[4] and all managed by the Town of Wilton.[1] The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), but Metro-North is responsible for trash removal and platform lighting.[1]

Track 1      Danbury Branch toward South Norwalk or Grand Central (Merritt 7)
     Danbury Branch toward Merritt 7 (Cannondale)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
Track 2      Danbury Branch toward South Norwalk or Grand Central (Danbury)
     Danbury Branch toward Danbury (Cannondale)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  2. ^ METRO-NORTH 2018 WEEKDAY STATION BOARDINGS. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group:OPERATIONS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT:Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "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

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