Branchville station

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.

Branchville
Branchville station in November 2011
General information
Location	787 Branchville Road Ridgefield, Connecticut
Coordinates	41.2667°N 73.4409°W / 41.2667; -73.4409
Owned by	Connecticut Department of Transportation[1]
Operated by	Town of Ridgefield[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
Construction
Parking	168 spaces[2]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	42
Passengers
2018	123 daily boardings[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Cannondale toward South Norwalk, Stamford or Grand Central Danbury Branch Redding toward Danbury
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Georgetown toward Norwalk and South Norwalk Pittsfield Branch Redding toward Pittsfield
Location

History

The current station building in 2012

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.^[4] The building is currently occupied by the Whistle Stop Bakery, which opened in the 1980s.^[5] The Ridgefield Branch was used for passenger service until 1925 and for freight service until 1964.^[6][7]

Station layout

The station has one three-car-long high-level side platform to the west of the single track. A 1,500-foot (460 m) passing siding extends north from the station.^[8]: 27

The station has 168 parking spaces,^[2] is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), and managed by the town. However, Metro-North is responsible for trash removal.^[1]

References

1. Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
2. "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 Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
4. Bell, Bob. "Stations:BR-BU". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
5. Miller, Robert (January 5, 2012). "Woman bakes for crowds of commuters". Connecticut Post. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
6. Perrefort, Dirk (February 14, 2012). "Branchville station: Bridging the past with the future". NewsTimes. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
7. "Branchville, Connecticut (CT) Page :: Mining, Railroad, Old Route 7 and More". historyofredding.net. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
8. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links

Media related to Branchville station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro-North station page for Branchville
• List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
• Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Branchville Station" report, September 2002