Merritt 7 (Metro-North station)

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The Merritt 7 Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the northern part of Norwalk, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. Merritt 7 is named for a nearby business park based at the intersection of the Merritt Parkway and United States Route 7. The station is the last regular stop in the Metro-North system outside of the Waterbury Branch and the Port Jervis Line to have a low-level platform. It is also one of the few stations in the system located at a grade crossing.

Merritt 7 is 45 miles from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 74 minutes. The station opened on July 29, 1985. [2]

The station has 88 parking spaces, all owned by the state.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Connecticut Rail Commuter Council is the official state advocate for commuters and brings station problems to the attention of officials.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ [1]"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

[edit] External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Merritt 7
• [3]Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection for the Merritt 7 Station" report dated August 2002

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