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	~~The~~ ~~'''Wilton''' ]~~ station ~~serves residents of ] via the ] of the ].~~		{{Short description\|Metro-North Railroad station in Connecticut}}
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			\| address=7 Station Road
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			\| other={{bus icon}} ]: Route 7 Link
			\| platform=1 ]
			\| tracks=2
			\| parking=212 spaces
			\| bicycle=
			\| passengers={{rail pass box\|passengers=240 daily boardings<ref name="mta2018">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/mnrr-2018-weekday-station-boardings \|title=Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings \|date=April 2019 \|publisher=Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group \|page=6}}</ref>\| pass_year=2018}}
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			\| accessible=yes
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			\| owned=]<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>
			\| operator=ConnDOT and ]<ref name=owner/>
			\| zone=41
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			'''Wilton station''' is a ] station on the ] of the ]'s ], located in ]. The station first opened in 1852 and is the most used station on the Danbury Branch by weekday passengers.
	The station is 48.5 miles to ] and the average travel time from there is 1 hour, 19 minutes regardless of through trains or transfers at ] or ].

			==History==
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			Wilton station opened in 1852 alongside ], ], and ] on the ]. The original station house was replaced in 1939 by the current one. The original station was moved north to the nearby property of Charles Dana in 1941. Following the death of Dana in 1968, the town acquired the Dana property. However, the original station had fallen into advanced disrepair, and after almost being demolished in 1974, the original station house was moved to Lambert Corners in 1978.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Wilton Historical Society \|title=Preservation-Wilton Railroad station-C.1852 \|url=http://wiltonhistorical.org/about/preservation/ \|website=Wiltonhistorical.org \|publisher=Wilton Historical Society \|access-date=January 15, 2021 \|ref=1}}</ref>{{efn\|Lambert Corners is a property in Wilton owned by the Wilton Historical Society, where endangered historic buildings are sometimes relocated to in order to escape demolition or deterioration.}} where it remains today.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=McCahon\|first1=Mary.E\|title=Wilton Railroad Station\|url=http://wiltonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Danbury-Road-146.pdf\|access-date=October 3, 2020\|website=Wiltonhistorical.org\|publisher=Witon Historical Society\|ref=1}}</ref>
	{{s-line\|system=MNRR\|line=Danbury Branch\|previous=Merritt 7\|next=Cannondale\|type2=Danbury\|type=Danbury}}

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			On May 21, 2014, both businesses housed inside of the station house closed unexpectedly.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ross \|first1=Jeanette \|title=Access to train station house reduced \|url=https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/business/article/Access-to-train-station-house-reduced-13977823.php \|website=wiltonbulletin.com \|date=June 23, 2014 \|publisher=The Wilton Bulletin \|access-date=January 3, 2021 \|ref=1}}</ref> During the ], ridership at Wilton station dropped significantly, prompting a decreased frequency of trains stopping at Wilton.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ross \|first1=Jeanette \|title=Wilton train station is a lonely place \|url=https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Wilton-train-station-is-a-lonely-place-15181756.php \|website=wiltonbulletin.com \|date=April 6, 2020 \|publisher=The Wilton Bulletin \|access-date=January 3, 2021 \|ref=1}}</ref>

			==Station layout==
			The station has one four-car-long high-level ] serving trains in both directions. On both the north and south end of the platform, the two tracks merge into a 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>

			The station has 212 parking spaces, 105 owned by the state and all managed by the Town of Wilton.<ref name=owner/><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf \|title=Task 2: Technical Memorandum Parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report \|author=Urbitran Associates Inc. \|website=Connecticut Department of Transportation \|at=Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6 \|date=July 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919185459/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf \|archive-date=September 19, 2006}}</ref> The station is owned and operated by the ] (ConnDOT), but Metro-North is responsible for trash and snow removal as well as platform lighting.<ref name=owner/>

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			=== Notes ===
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 2 January 2025

Metro-North Railroad station in Connecticut

This article is about the Metro-North station in Wilton, Connecticut. For the historic rail station in Wilton, North Dakota, see Wilton station (North Dakota).

Wilton

Station house and platform, view from northwest

General information

Location

7 Station Road
Wilton, Connecticut

Coordinates

41°11′45″N 73°25′56″W / 41.1959°N 73.4321°W / 41.1959; -73.4321

Owned by

ConnDOT

Operated by

ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link

Construction

Parking

212 spaces

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

Passengers

2018

240 daily boardings

Services

Preceding station	Metro-North Railroad			Following station
Merritt 7toward South Norwalk, Stamford or Grand Central		Danbury Branch		Cannondaletoward Danbury

Former services

Preceding station	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad			Following station
Norwalk and South NorwalkTerminus		Pittsfield Branch		Cannondaletoward Pittsfield

Location

Wilton station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Wilton, Connecticut. The station first opened in 1852 and is the most used station on the Danbury Branch by weekday passengers.

History

Wilton station opened in 1852 alongside Cannondale station, Georgetown station, and Kent station on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The original station house was replaced in 1939 by the current one. The original station was moved north to the nearby property of Charles Dana in 1941. Following the death of Dana in 1968, the town acquired the Dana property. However, the original station had fallen into advanced disrepair, and after almost being demolished in 1974, the original station house was moved to Lambert Corners in 1978. where it remains today.

On May 21, 2014, both businesses housed inside of the station house closed unexpectedly. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ridership at Wilton station dropped significantly, prompting a decreased frequency of trains stopping at Wilton.

Station layout

The station has one four-car-long high-level Island platform serving trains in both directions. On both the north and south end of the platform, the two tracks merge into a single track.

The station has 212 parking spaces, 105 owned by the state and all managed by the Town of Wilton. The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), but Metro-North is responsible for trash and snow removal as well as platform lighting.

References

^ Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
Wilton Historical Society. "Preservation-Wilton Railroad station-C.1852". Wiltonhistorical.org. Wilton Historical Society. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
McCahon, Mary.E. "Wilton Railroad Station" (PDF). Wiltonhistorical.org. Witon Historical Society. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
Ross, Jeanette (June 23, 2014). "Access to train station house reduced". wiltonbulletin.com. The Wilton Bulletin. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
Ross, Jeanette (April 6, 2020). "Wilton train station is a lonely place". wiltonbulletin.com. The Wilton Bulletin. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
"Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
Urbitran Associates Inc. (July 2003). "Task 2: Technical Memorandum Parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. Table 1: New Haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization, Page 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2006.

Notes

Lambert Corners is a property in Wilton owned by the Wilton Historical Society, where endangered historic buildings are sometimes relocated to in order to escape demolition or deterioration.

External links

Media related to Wilton station (Metro-North) at Wikimedia Commons

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