Beacon Falls station

The Beacon Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. Trains arrive with very light frequencies (six trains daily on weekdays, four on weekends); travel time to Bridgeport is about 37 minutes.

Beacon Falls
Beacon Falls station in September 2018
Location1 Railroad Avenue, Beacon Falls, Connecticut
Coordinates41.4407°N 73.0631°W / 41.4407; -73.0631
Owned byConnDOT[1]
Operated byConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking28 spaces[2]
Other information
Fare zone51
Traffic
Passengers (2018)14[3]
Rank120 of 124[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Seymour
towards Bridgeport
 Waterbury Branch Naugatuck
towards Waterbury

The station is 78.5 miles (126.3 km) to Grand Central Terminal, with travel time about 2 hours and 9 minutes depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is an about 1 hour and 17 minutes, 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] The station has 28 parking spaces[2] operated by the town of Beacon falls.[1]

Station layout

The 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 (Seymour)
←      Waterbury Branch toward Waterbury (Naugatuck) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

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. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group, Operations Planning and Analysis Department, Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
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