Cannondale (Metro-North station)

Infobox Station
name=Cannondale
style=MNRR New Haven
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image_size=275
image_caption=Station house and restaurant
address=22 Cannon Road
Wilton, CT, 06897-2625
line=Metro-North:
other=Norwalk Transit District
Housatonic Area Regional Transit
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parking=104
bicycle=
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pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
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ADA=yes
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The Cannondale Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of the Cannondale area of Wilton, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. The station and area is notable for being the eponym for the Cannondale Bicycle Corporation which is now headquartered in Bethel.

The station is 50.2 miles to Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from there is 1 hour, 24 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at Stamford or South Norwalk.

The station has 140 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

*Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
*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

Pictures

External links

* [http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=272 Metro-North Railroad - Cannondale]
* [http://www.trainweb.org/ct/cannondale.pdf Fix My Station Photo Campaign - Cannondale]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Cannondale.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Cannondale Station" report, August 2002]