Derby-Shelton (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Derby-Shelton
style=MNRR New Haven
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address=1 Main Street
Derby, CT, 06418-1945
line=Metro-North:
other=Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority
Connecticut Transit
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parking=75
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pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
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ADA=yes
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services=The Derby-Shelton Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Derby and Shelton, Connecticut via the Waterbury Branch of the New Haven Line. Located in Derby, Derby-Shelton is the last regular stop on the Waterbury Branch before it joins the Northeast Corridor. Through service to Bridgeport takes an average of 22 minutes though a peak hour run in each direction also stops at Stratford. The distance between Derby-Shelton and either of the next stops is the longest between any two stations on the Metro-North system (10.5 miles to Stratford, 15.1 miles to Bridgeport).

The station is 69.5 miles to Grand Central Terminal, with travel time there being an average of one hour, 54 minutes depending on transfer time at Bridgeport. Travel time to New Haven is an average of one hour, two minutes depending on transfer time.

The station has 75 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] ]

Connections

*Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority; 15
*Connecticut Transit New Haven; F

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=290 Metro-North Railroad - Derby-Shelton]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Derby.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Derby/Shelton Station" July 2002]

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