Bethel station

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Bethel
Metro-North Station Bethel CT.jpg
Track side of Bethel station in 2011
General information
Location13 Durant Avenue
Bethel, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°22′34″N73°25′05″W / 41.3760°N 73.4180°W / 41.3760; -73.4180
Owned by Connecticut Department of Transportation [1]
Operated by Town of Bethel
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg HARTransit: 5
Construction
Parking197 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone42
History
Opened1852
Rebuilt1996
Passengers
2018228 daily boardings [2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Redding
toward South Norwalk, Stamford or Grand Central
Danbury Branch Danbury
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Redding
toward Norwalk and South Norwalk
Pittsfield Branch Danbury
toward Pittsfield

Bethel station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Bethel, Connecticut.

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History

The former Bethel station in 2012 Bethel Cycle in old station 013.JPG
The former Bethel station in 2012

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

The 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  2. ↑ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  3. ↑ Bell, Bob. "Stations:B-BO". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ Perrefort, Dirk (April 25, 2016). "Brew pub on tap at former Bethel train station". NewsTimes.
  5. ↑ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "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

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