Darien (Metro-North station)

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Darien

Station statistics

Address

33 West Avenue,
Darien, CT 06820

Coordinates

41°04′42″N 73°28′23″W / 41.078187, -73.472958

Lines

Metro-North Railroad:

New Haven Line

Connections

CT Transit Stamford:
41, 42

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Parking

860 spaces

Other information

Accessible

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

351,000^[1] ▬ 0%

Services

Preceding station		Metro-North Railroad		Following station
Noroton Heights toward Grand Central		New Haven Line		Rowayton toward New Haven-State Street

The Darien Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Darien, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. It is 37.7 miles from Grand Central Terminal.

The station is located downtown at the intersection of the Post Road and West Avenue. The station has 860 parking spaces.^[2]

The state owns the parking lots nearest the Post Road and on the west (south) side of the tracks between the Post Road and Leroy Avenue (with 195 spaces^[3]). The town owns the parking area west of Leroy Avenue (toward New York City). The parking lot at the corner of West Avenue and Leroy Avenue is privately owned.^[2]

The historic station building was rehabilitated in 2002. "In general, the station is in good condition with one major exception," according to the January 2007 "Darien Train Station Visual Inspection Report" prepared by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. "Illumination installed under the rehabiltation contract is substandard." The department has reached an agreement with the manufacturer of the lights to replace them.^[2]

In recent years the town government of Darien has been collecting parking revenue from the station, which has gone into an improvement fund. As of 2007, the town received revenues of about $100,000 from both stations in Darien.^[4]

[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

^ Using 260 weekdays in a year multiplied by number of weekday passengers (1,350)
^ ^a ^b ^c [1]Bureau of Public Transportation of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Darien Train Station Visual Inspection Report" dated January 2007 (although parts of the inspection were carried out in September 2006)
^ [2]"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
^ [3]Fisher, Joshua, "Klein touts record: Won’t say if she’s running (but it sounds like it)" article in The Darien Times, July 19, 2007, accessed same day