Branchville (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Branchville
style=MNRR New Haven
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image_caption=Postcard of the station, ca. 1900
address=47 US Hwy 7 & 787 Branchville Road
Ridgefield, CT,
line=Metro-North:
other=Housatonic Area Regional Transit
platform=1
tracks=1
parking=168
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pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
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ADA=yes
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The Branchville Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of the Branchville area of Ridgefield, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line.

The station is 54.0 miles to Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from there is 1 hour, 38 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at Stamford or South Norwalk.

The station has 168 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

*Housatonic Area Regional Transit; L

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=274 Metro-North Railroad - Branchville]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Branchville.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Branchville Station" report, September 2002]