Beacon Falls station

Beacon Falls
The station at Beacon Falls as seen from its parking lot in July 2011.
Location 1 Railroad Avenue & 99 Depot Street
Beacon Falls, CT, 06403-1023
Coordinates 41°26′27″N 73°03′47″W / 41.4407°N 73.0631°W / 41.4407; -73.0631Coordinates: 41°26′27″N 73°03′47″W / 41.4407°N 73.0631°W / 41.4407; -73.0631
Owned by ConnDOT
Line(s)
  Waterbury Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 28
Other information
Fare zone 51
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 6,084 Steady 0%
Station succession
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station
toward Bridgeport
Waterbury Branch
toward Waterbury

The Beacon Falls Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Beacon Falls, Connecticut 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); travel time to Bridgeport is 37 minutes.

The station is 78.5 miles to Grand Central Terminal, with travel time there being an average two hours, nine minutes depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is an average of one hour, 17 minutes depending on transfer time.

The station has 28 parking spaces, all owned by the state.[1]

Station responsibility

Ownership[2] Station

Manager

 Platform

Lights

 Trash Platform

Snow

 Shelter

Glaze

 Platform

Structure

 Parking Remarks
ConnDOT ConnDOT MNR MNR MNR ConnDOT ConnDOT Town Town maintains parking lot

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

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "NEW HAVEN LINE TRAIN STATION VISUAL INSPECTION" (PDF). ct.gov.


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