Waterbury (Metro-North station)

The Waterbury Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Waterbury, Connecticut and surrounding areas at the north terminal of 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 51 minutes, New Haven an average of one hour, 30 minutes, and Grand Central an average of two hours, 13 minutes.

The station is 87.5 miles to Grand Central, the farthest such point in the Metro-North system from there by rail, though closer as the crow flies than Wassaic, the northern terminal on the Harlem Line.

As of 2003, the station had 156 parking spaces, all owned by the state. [ [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf "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] ]

Waterbury station was originally a Union Station built in 1909 for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, and was modeled after the Torre del Mangia at the Palazzo Publico in Siena, Italy. The station was designed by McKim, Mead, and White. The 240-feet high clock tower was built by the Seth-Thomas Company, and added on July 12, 1909. The station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 8, 1978. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CT/New+Haven/state5.html New Haven County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places] ] Today, the station is the home of the Waterbury Republican-American newspaper, with the Metro-North platform located outside and to the south of the building.

Connections

*Connecticut Transit Waterbury: 40
*Connecticut Transit New Haven: J

See also

* Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.

Notes

External links

* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=298 Metro-North Railroad - Waterbury]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/ct/waterbury.pdf Fix My Station Campaign - Waterbury]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Waterbury.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Waterbury Station" July 2002]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/GRS%20-%20Waterbury.htm Waterbury Union Station (Great Railroad Stations Index)]