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{{Short description|Metro-North Railroad station in Connecticut}}
The '''Cannondale''' ] station serves residents of the Cannondale area of ] via the ] of the ]. The station and area is notable for being the namesake for the ] which is now headquartered in ].
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| image_caption = Cannondale station in September 2007
| address =22 Cannon Road
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| owned = ] and the ]<ref name=owner>{{Cite web|url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documents/dpt/1StationInspectionSummaryReportpdf.pdf?la=en |title=New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report |author=Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation |publisher=] |date=January 2007}}</ref>
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| platform = 1 ]
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| other = {{bus icon}} ]: Route 7 Link
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'''Cannondale station''' is a ] station on the ] of the ]'s ], located in the ] neighborhood of ]. The station building was added to the ] in 1992 as part of the ].
The station is 50.2 miles to ] and the average travel time from there is 1 hour, 24 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at ] or ].


==History==
Commuters make up the vast majority of riders using the station. The ] is a board created by the state to represent commuter's interests before Metro North and state officials.<ref>Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Web site, accessed ], ]</ref>
]
The ] opened the line in late February 1852, with the official opening on March 1. Charles Cannon of Cannondale was the subcontractor who helped build the route through Wilton. The train cost passengers 30 cents to go to South Norwalk and 50 cents to Danbury at a time when the day's wages of a laborer might not be a dollar. Two trains made the trip up and down the line each day. In the first few years, a freshet and a flood from the ] twice shut down the line for repairs. The station made travel suddenly much quicker than stagecoach transportation. After a few years, when speeds picked up a bit on the line, it took 28 minutes to reach South Norwalk.<ref name="cacn">Cornwall, L. Peter, "The Danbury & Norwalk Railroad and its impact on Cannondale", pp 105–132, published in ''Cannondale: A Connecticut Neighborhood'' (no overall editor named), published by the Wilton Historical Society, 1987</ref>


In its early years, the line had no more than 390 passengers a day using the service, and an average of 34 passengers per train. L. Peter Cornwall, a railroad historian, estimated that perhaps no more than a dozen people used Cannondale in its early years. Although there may have only been a flag stop (in which passengers or railroad employees raised a flag if they needed the train to stop), by 1856 it was a regular stopping point for all trains, and the stop was originally called '''Cannon's'''. In the early 1870s the station was no longer listed and was probably a flag stop. In the 1890s it was again listed as a station, now called '''Cannon'''. Just before World War I, the station name was changed to '''Cannondale'''.<ref name=cacn/> The station is currently a contributing property of the ], which has been on the ] since 1992.
==Notes==

The Cafe au Lait coffee shop in the station house closed on March 31, 2010.<ref name="tuohy">{{cite news|last=Tuohy|first=Laurel|url=http://wilton.patch.com/articles/cannondale-to-get-new-coffeeshop-by-july|title=Cannondale To Get New Coffeeshop by July?|work=Wilton Patch|date=May 24, 2010|access-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Station layout==
The station has a two-car-long high-level side platform west of the single track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015|date=2015|publisher=Metro-North Railroad|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|26}} The station has 140 parking spaces, all of which are managed by the ].<ref name=owner/><ref name=parking> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712022905/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf |date= July 12, 2007 }}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 21:25, 28 May 2024

Metro-North Railroad station in Connecticut

Cannondale
Cannondale station in September 2007
General information
Location22 Cannon Road
Wilton, Connecticut
Coordinates41°13′0″N 73°25′36″W / 41.21667°N 73.42667°W / 41.21667; -73.42667
Owned byConnecticut Department of Transportation and the Town of Wilton
Operated byMetro-North Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link
Construction
Parking140 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone41
Passengers
2018167 daily boardings
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Wiltontoward South Norwalk, Stamford or Grand Central Danbury Branch Branchvilletoward Danbury
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Wiltontoward Norwalk and South Norwalk Pittsfield Branch Georgetowntoward Pittsfield
Cannondale Station
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Built1892
Part ofCannondale Historic District (ID92001531)
Designated CPNovember 12, 1992
Location

Cannondale station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in the Cannondale neighborhood of Wilton, Connecticut. The station building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 as part of the Cannondale Historic District.

History

The historic station building in September 2007

The Danbury and Norwalk Railroad opened the line in late February 1852, with the official opening on March 1. Charles Cannon of Cannondale was the subcontractor who helped build the route through Wilton. The train cost passengers 30 cents to go to South Norwalk and 50 cents to Danbury at a time when the day's wages of a laborer might not be a dollar. Two trains made the trip up and down the line each day. In the first few years, a freshet and a flood from the Norwalk River twice shut down the line for repairs. The station made travel suddenly much quicker than stagecoach transportation. After a few years, when speeds picked up a bit on the line, it took 28 minutes to reach South Norwalk.

In its early years, the line had no more than 390 passengers a day using the service, and an average of 34 passengers per train. L. Peter Cornwall, a railroad historian, estimated that perhaps no more than a dozen people used Cannondale in its early years. Although there may have only been a flag stop (in which passengers or railroad employees raised a flag if they needed the train to stop), by 1856 it was a regular stopping point for all trains, and the stop was originally called Cannon's. In the early 1870s the station was no longer listed and was probably a flag stop. In the 1890s it was again listed as a station, now called Cannon. Just before World War I, the station name was changed to Cannondale. The station is currently a contributing property of the Cannondale Historic District, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.

The Cafe au Lait coffee shop in the station house closed on March 31, 2010.

Station layout

The station has a two-car-long high-level side platform west of the single track. The station has 140 parking spaces, all of which are managed by the Town of Wilton.

References

  1. ^ Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  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 Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ Cornwall, L. Peter, "The Danbury & Norwalk Railroad and its impact on Cannondale", pp 105–132, published in Cannondale: A Connecticut Neighborhood (no overall editor named), published by the Wilton Historical Society, 1987
  6. Tuohy, Laurel (May 24, 2010). "Cannondale To Get New Coffeeshop by July?". Wilton Patch. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  7. "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

External links

Media related to Cannondale station at Wikimedia Commons

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Harlem Line
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Penn Station service (planned)
New Haven Line
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Penn Station service (planned)
Pascack Valley Line
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Former route
  • Italics denote closed/future stations and line segments. Asterisks indicate stations closed prior to the formation of Metro-North
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