Derby–Shelton station

The Derby–Shelton station (signed on the platform as Derby/Shelton) is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, serving the communities of Derby and Shelton, Connecticut. It is the southernmost stop of the Waterbury Branch before trains merge onto the Northeast Corridor. Through service to Bridgeport takes an about 22 minutes, though one peak-hour train makes an intermediate stop in Stratford. The station is located northeast of exit 15 on Connecticut Route 8, and is accessible via a frontage road from the interchange and Connecticut Route 34.

Derby–Shelton
Derby–Shelton station in September 2018
Location1 Main Street, Derby, Connecticut
Coordinates41.3202843°N 73.0835652°W / 41.3202843; -73.0835652
Owned byConnDOT[1]
Operated byConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsGreater Bridgeport Transit: 15, 23[2][3]
CTTransit New Haven: 255[4]
Construction
Parking75 spaces[5]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zone51
History
Opened1849
Traffic
Passengers (2018)74[6]
Rank112 of 124[6]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Following station
Stratford
towards Bridgeport
 Waterbury Branch Ansonia
towards Waterbury

The station is 69.5 miles (111.8 km) from Grand Central Terminal, with travel time about one hour and 55 minutes depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is an about an hour, also depending on transfer time. The distance between Derby-Shelton and either of the next stops heading inbound is the longest between any two stations on the Metro-North system, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) to Stratford or 15.1 miles (24.3 km) to Bridgeport.

Derby–Shelton 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 75-space parking lot[5] is managed by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments.[1]

Station layout

This station has one three-car-long low-level side platform to the west of the single track.

Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ←      Waterbury Branch toward Bridgeport or Stamford (Stratford)
←      Waterbury Branch toward Waterbury (Ansonia) →

Notes
  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. "Route 15". Greater Bridgeport Transit. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "Route 23". Greater Bridgeport Transit. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. "255 West Chapel Street" (PDF). CT Transit. September 15, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. "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
  6. 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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