Brookfield Junction station

Brookfield Junction was a station on the main line of the Housatonic Railroad and later the Pittsfield Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Opened in 1869, the station was originally located on Stony Hill Road in the southern part of Brookfield, Connecticut. The station was closed in 1925 and was later demolished in the 1930s. The station site also housed a turntable, of which the foundation is still largely intact.

Brookfield Junction
Brookfield Junction turntable (left), station building and hotel (right)
General information
Coordinates41.45265°N 73.39270°W / 41.45265; -73.39270
Tracks3
History
Opened1869
Closed1925
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Danbury
toward Norwalk and South Norwalk
 Pittsfield Branch Brookfield
toward Pittsfield
Former station site, photographed in 2017

History

The station opened in 1869 to serve as a junction where the New York, New Haven, and Hartford's Maybrook Line would meet at a wye with the Housatonic Railroad, creating a faster connection between New York City and Western Massachusetts.[1] The station had two platforms: one low-level side platform that connected it to an adjoining freight depot, and one low-level island platform for eastbound trains.[1] There was also a hotel and restaurant across the street that was built to serve the station, which burned down in 2006 after sitting vacant for many years.

References
  1. Belletzkie, Bob. "Track 9 - Brookfield and Its Railroads, 1840-1941". Tylercitystation.info. Tylercitystation. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
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