Cannondale (Metro-North station)

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Cannondale
Station house and restaurant
Station statistics
Address	22 Cannon Road Wilton, CT, 06897-2625
Lines	Metro-North: New Haven Line
Connections	Norwalk Transit District Housatonic Area Regional Transit
Parking	104
Other information
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   Metro-North Railroad   Following station Wilton toward South Norwalk or Grand Central Danbury Branch Branchville toward Danbury

The Cannondale Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of the Cannondale area of Wilton, Connecticut via the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line. The station and area is notable for being the eponym for the Cannondale Bicycle Corporation which is now headquartered in Bethel.

The station is 50.2 miles to Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from there is 1 hour, 24 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at Stamford or South Norwalk.

The station has 140 parking spaces, all owned by the state.^[1]

Contents 1 Connections 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Pictures 5 External links

[edit] Connections

• Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
• Housatonic Area Regional Transit; L

[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. ^ "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] Pictures

Station house & tracks from south end of platform

South end of platform from the station house.

Trackside view station house and platform

Tables between the station house and the tracks

[edit] External links

• Metro-North Railroad - Cannondale
• Fix My Station Photo Campaign - Cannondale
• Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Cannondale Station" report, August 2002