Noroton Heights station

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Noroton Heights
Noroton Heights station, November 2011.jpg
Noroton Heights station in November 2011
General information
Location325 Heights Road
Darien, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°04′08″N73°29′51″W / 41.069020°N 73.49752°W / 41.069020; -73.49752
Owned by ConnDOT
Line(s)ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg CTtransit Stamford: 344
Construction
Parking772 spaces
Other information
Fare zone16
History
RebuiltMarch 13, 1972May 28, 1974 [1] [2]
Key dates
January 15, 1972Station agent eliminated [3]
Passengers
20181,460 daily boardings [4]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Metro-North Railroad Following station
Stamford New Haven Line Darien
Danbury Branch
select weekday service
Darien
toward Danbury
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Glenbrook
toward New York
Main Line Darien
toward New Haven
Location
Noroton Heights station

Noroton Heights station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line located in the Noroton Heights neighborhood of Darien, Connecticut.

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Station layout

The station shelter in 2007 NorotonHeightsRRsta07192007.jpg
The station shelter in 2007

The station has two high-level side platforms that serve the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor. The northern (westbound) platform is 10 cars long, while the southern platform is 9 cars long. [5] :20

The Noroton Heights station building is "unique in that it resembles an overgrown Plexiglass [sic] shelter protected by a metal lean-to," according to a January 2007 Connecticut Department of Transportation report. The Noroton Heights station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. All the railroad parking at the station (772 spaces [6] ) is owned by the state. The farthest available parking spaces are as much as 1,500 feet from the station. [7]

History

Westbound platform reconstruction in 2018 Platform replacement at Noroton Heights, September 2018.JPG
Westbound platform reconstruction in 2018

As of January 2007, Northeast Utilities had plans to put an underground 345-kV cable along the south edge of the eastbound parking lot (just north of Interstate 95). The state Department of Transportation agreed to the location because it would "minimize the potential impact to any future parking structure built at this site." [7]

In 1989, the attractive former station building was slated for demolition. Instead, a group of Darien residents changed it into "The Depot", a youth center. The building remains at the far end of the train station, near the intersection of Noroton Avenue and Heights Road. [8] Across the train tracks from "The Depot" is the Post 53 ambulance unit (which previously occupied "The Depot" building before moving into its current headquarters).

In recent years the town government of Darien has been collecting parking revenue from the station, which has gone into an improvement fund. The stairs leading to Hollow Tree Ridge Road were replaced in late 2010 along with new lighting being installed. Renovations will also include an update to the overpass (which will be closed for renovations starting June 6, 2011). The improvement project is running behind schedule with the original completion date being December 2010, no new date has been announced. [9]

A $8 million reconstruction of the station platforms began in March 2017, with completion then planned for late 2018. [10] [11]

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References

  1. "Groundbreaking Set Monday for New Station in Darien". The Bridgeport Post. March 8, 1972. p. 12. Retrieved March 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "DOT to Dedicate Noroton Heights Railroad Station". The Hartford Courant . May 23, 1974. p. 95. Retrieved March 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "7 County R.R. Stations to Quit Selling Tickets". The Bridgeport Post. January 6, 1972. pp. 1, 16 . Retrieved March 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  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. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"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
  7. 1 2 Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Noroton Heights Train Station Visual Inspection Report" dated January 2007 (although parts of the inspection were carried out in September 2006)
  8. "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on April 8, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007."History" page at The Depot Web site, accessed April 12, 2007
  9. Fisher, Joshua (July 19, 2007). "Klein touts record: Won't say if she's running (But it sounds like it)". The Darien Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
  10. "Noroton Heights Railroad Station Platform Replacement" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. March 21, 2017.
  11. Shultz, Susan (September 2, 2018). "DOT says Noroton Heights train station construction is progressing on schedule". Darien Times.

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