Derby–Shelton station (signed as Derby/Shelton) is a commuter rail station on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, serving the cities of Derby and Shelton, Connecticut. It is the southernmost stop on the Waterbury Branch before trains merge onto the Northeast Corridor.
Derby/Shelton | ||||||||||||
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 Derby–Shelton station in September 2018 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Main Street Derby, Connecticut | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°19′13″N 73°05′01″W / 41.3202843°N 73.0835652°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT[1] | |||||||||||
| Operated by | ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1] | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||
| Connections | Greater Bridgeport Transit: 15, 23 CTTransit New Haven: 255 | |||||||||||
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| Parking | 75 spaces[2] | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 51 | |||||||||||
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| Opened | 1849[citation needed] | |||||||||||
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| 2018 | 74 daily boardings[3] | |||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe station has one three-car-long low-level side platform to the west of the single track.
The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, but Metro-North is responsible for maintaining platform lighting as well as trash and snow removal.[1] The 75-space parking lot[2] is managed by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments.[1]
Future station
editWith the completion of the Waterbury Branch Signalization project upgrading capacity for future 30 minute service headways, Governor Lamont announced on November 14, 2021 that 7 new trains will be coming to the Waterbury Line in 2022 and the Derby-Shelton Train Station was a priority in getting new riders onto the line.[4] Paired with the development of Route 34 and the new Derby-Shelton Bridge, the new station will function as a new multimodal center for Derby and its new residents. The new station received 12.6 million in Federal Funds 6 days later and later received another 12.4 from the State of Connecticut on December 21, 2021.[5][6] As of 2024[update] construction is to take place from 2025 to 2027.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b "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
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ Falbo-Sosnovich, Jean (November 14, 2021). "Lamont Touts Infrastructure Investments". Valley Independent Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022.
- ^ Driscoll, Eugene (November 19, 2021). "Federal $12.6 Million Grant For Derby-Shelton Train Station Upgrade". Archived from the original on January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Governor Lamont Announces State Bond Commission Set To Approve $839 Million in Upgrades to Connecticut's Transportation System" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. December 21, 2021. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Waterbury Line High-Level Platforms and Waterbury Waiting Room Final Design" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. November 18, 2024.
External links
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Media related to Derby–Shelton station at Wikimedia Commons