Merritt 7 (Metro-North station)

Merritt 7
Trackside view of station shelter
Station statistics
Address	1 Glover Avenue Norwalk, CT, 06850-1309
Coordinates	41°08′48″N 73°25′40″W / 41.1466°N 73.4278°W / 41.1466; -73.4278Coordinates: 41°08′48″N 73°25′40″W / 41.1466°N 73.4278°W / 41.1466; -73.4278
Lines	Danbury Branch
Connections	Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link Housatonic Area Regional Transit: L
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Parking	88
Other information
Opened	1985
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station South Norwalk toward South Norwalk or Grand Central Danbury Branch Wilton toward Danbury

The Merritt 7 Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the northern part of Norwalk, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. Merritt 7 is named for a nearby business park based at the intersection of the Merritt Parkway and United States Route 7. The station is the only regular stop in the Metro-North system outside of the Waterbury Branch, the Pascack Valley Line, and the Port Jervis Line to have a low-level platform.

The Merritt-7 Office Complex built the station while separating the station from building entrances by a fence to make the complex transit adjacent but not transit-oriented.^[1]

Merritt 7 is 45 miles (72 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 74 minutes. The station opened on July 29, 1985.^[2]

The station has 88 parking spaces, all owned by the state.^[3]

Platform and track configuration

This station has one seven-car-long low-level side platform to the west of the track. The Danbury Branch has one track at this location.

See also

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

Pictures

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  Shelter as seen from southwest

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  The tiny railroad station is dwarfed by neighboring office buildings

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  Parking at north side of station

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  Parking lot at station's south side

Notes

1. ^ Connecticut Department of Transportation January 2007 Visual Inspection Report
2. ^ Charles, Eleanor (July 28, 1985). "RAIL STATION FOR CORPORATE PARK". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A17F8395C0C7B8EDDAE0894DD484D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fR%2fRailroads. 
3. ^ "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

External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Merritt 7
• Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Merritt 7 Station" report dated August 2002