Bethel (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Bethel
style=MNRR New Haven
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address=13 Durant Avenue
Bethel, CT, 06801-1941
line=Metro-North:
other=Housatonic Area Regional Transit
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parking=197
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pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
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rebuilt=1996
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The Bethel Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Bethel, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. The station is 62.2 miles to Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time between the two stations is 1 hour, 52 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at Stamford or South Norwalk.

Commuters make up the vast majority of riders using the station. The Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is a board created by the state to represent commuter's interests before Metro North and state officials. [ [http://www.trainweb.org/ct/ Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Web site, (accessed March 17, 2007)] ]

The station has 197 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] ] The current station on Durant Avenue was built in 1996 and supersedes the previous station on Depot Place that had been used from 1899 to 1996. The old station is still standing, but trains no longer stop at it.

Connections

*Housatonic Area Regional Transit: 5

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=278 Metro-North Railroad - Bethel]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Bethel.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Bethel Station" report, July 2002]