Ansonia station
The Ansonia station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Ansonia, Connecticut, United States. Service operates with limited frequencies (six trains daily on weekdays, four on weekends). Travel time to Bridgeport is about 26 minutes.
Ansonia | |||||||||||
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The Ansonia station platform, facing south towards Bridgeport | |||||||||||
Location | 40 West Main Street, Ansonia, Connecticut | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41.3442°N 73.0799°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | ConnDOT[1] | ||||||||||
Operated by | ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Connections | CTTransit New Haven: 255[2] | ||||||||||
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Parking | 50 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 51 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2018) | 75[4] | ||||||||||
Rank | 111 of 124[4] | ||||||||||
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The station is 71.1 miles (114.4 km) to Grand Central Terminal, with travel time averaging two hours depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is about one hour, also depending on transfer time.
The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, but Metro-North is responsible for maintaining platform lighting, trash, and snow removal.[1] There is a parking lot with 50 parking spaces[3] managed by the city of Ansonia.[1]
In 2018, ConnDOT awarded a grant of $389,000 to the city of Ansonia for safety and beautification improvements to the station, such as improved lighting, sidewalks and handicapped accessible access.[5]
Station layout
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.
Track 1 | ← Waterbury Branch toward Bridgeport or Stamford (Derby–Shelton) Waterbury Branch toward Waterbury (Seymour) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right |
References
- Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- "255 West Chapel Street" (PDF). CT Transit. September 15, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- 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.
- Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group, Operations Planning and Analysis Department, Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
- "State sends $389,000 to Ansonia to improve route to railroad station". Connecticut Post. September 24, 2018.