Ansonia station
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Ansonia | |||||||||||
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 The Ansonia station facing south towards Bridgeport, as seen in May 2012. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 40 West Main Street Ansonia, CT, 06401-1812 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°20′39″N 73°04′48″W / 41.3442°N 73.0799°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  CTTransit New Haven: F | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 50 | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 51 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2007 | 9,152  0% | ||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||
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The Ansonia Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Ansonia, Connecticut, United States, via the Waterbury Branch of the New Haven Line. All service on the Waterbury Branch is shuttle service to Bridgeport running on very light frequencies (six trains daily weekdays, four weekends) with travel time to Bridgeport is 26 minutes.
The station is 71.1 miles (114.4 km) to Grand Central Terminal, with travel time there being an average of two hours depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is an average of one hour, six minutes depending on transfer time.
The station has 50 parking spaces, 40 owned by the state.[1]
Station Responsibility[2]
| Ownership | Station
Manager |
Platform
Lights |
Trash | Platform
Snow |
Shelter
Glaze |
Platform
Canopy |
Platform
Structure |
Parking | Remarks |
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| ConnDOT | ConnDOT | MNR | MNR | MNR | ConnDOT | ConnDOT | ConnDOT | Town | Branch platforms state owned |
Platform and track configuration
| 1 | ■ Waterbury Branch | for Bridgeport |
| ■ Waterbury Branch | for Waterbury |
This station has one low-level side platform to the east of the track, long enough for one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers. The Waterbury Branch has one track at this location.
See also
- Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.
References
- ^ Urbitran Associates Inc. (July 2003). "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" (PDF). "Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization", page 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2007.
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