Bethel station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Bethel, Connecticut.
Bethel | |||||||||||||
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 Track side of Bethel station in 2011 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 13 Durant Avenue Bethel, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°22′34″N 73°25′05″W / 41.3760°N 73.4180°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Connecticut Department of Transportation[1] | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Town of Bethel | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  HARTransit: 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 197 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 42 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1852 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1996 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 228 daily boardings[2] | ||||||||||||
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History
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The original Bethel station opened in 1852 on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The original station building eventually burned down on December 15, 1898, as a result of an overheated stove. The station was eventually replaced the following year in 1899. The 1899-built station served passengers until 1996, when it was taken out of service but not demolished.[3] The current station on Durant Avenue was built in 1996 and succeeds the previous station on Depot Place. The old station is still standing, but trains no longer stop at it. The building subsequently became a bicycle shop, then a brewery.[4]
Station layout
editThe station has a five-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the single track.[5]: 28 The station has 197 parking spaces, all owned by the state.[6] Most of these are permit spaces, but there is also metered parking available. The station building is open during rush hours and has a bakery, seating area, and restroom, but no ticket machines. The station is operated by the town of Bethel, though it is owned by ConnDOT.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ Bell, Bob. "Stations:B-BO". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Perrefort, Dirk (April 25, 2016). "Brew pub on tap at former Bethel train station". NewsTimes.
- ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ "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 Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Bethel station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Bethel
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Bethel Station" report, July 2002
- Station House from Google Maps Street View (Exterior)
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