Beacon Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. With just 14 daily passengers, the station is one of the least used stations in the entire Metro-North system.
Beacon Falls | |||||||||||
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 Beacon Falls station in September 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Railroad Avenue Beacon Falls, Connecticut | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°26′27″N 73°03′47″W / 41.4407°N 73.0631°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT[1] | ||||||||||
| Operated by | ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 28 spaces[2] | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 51 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 14 daily boardings[3] | ||||||||||
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After closing in 1949, the station reopened on October 27, 1991. When the station closed, it was a flag stop served by one train a day per direction.[4]
Station layout
editThe station has one low-level side platform to the east of the single track, long enough for one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers.[citation needed]
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 station has 28 parking spaces operated by the town of Beacon Falls.[1][2]
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.
- ^ Glucksman, Randy (November 1991). "Commuter Rail Notes" (PDF). New York Division ERA Bulletin. 34 (11). Electric Railroaders' Association: 6.
External links
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Media related to Beacon Falls station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Beacon Falls
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Naugatuck Station" July 2002
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