Derby–Shelton station

Derby–Shelton station (signed as Derby/Shelton) is a commuter rail station on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, serving the cities of Derby and Shelton, Connecticut. It is the southernmost stop on the Waterbury Branch before trains merge onto the Northeast Corridor.

Derby–Shelton
Derby–Shelton station in September 2018
General information
Location1 Main Street, Derby, Connecticut
Coordinates41.3202843°N 73.0835652°W / 41.3202843; -73.0835652
Owned byConnDOT[1]
Operated byConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsGreater Bridgeport Transit: 15, 23[2][3]
CTTransit New Haven: 255[4]
Construction
Parking75 spaces[5]
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zone51
History
Opened1849
Passengers
201874[6]
Rank112 of 124[6]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Bridgeport
toward Bridgeport or Stamford
 Waterbury Branch Ansonia
toward Waterbury

Station layout

The station has one three-car-long low-level side platform to the west of the single track.

The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, but Metro-North is responsible for maintaining platform lighting as well as trash and snow removal.[1] The 75-space parking lot[5] is managed by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments.[1]

Future station

With the completion of the Waterbury Branch Signalization project upgrading capacity for future 30 minute service headways, Governor Lamont announced on November 14, 2021 that 7 new trains will be coming to the Waterbury Line in 2022 and the Derby-Shelton Train Station was a priority in getting new riders onto the line.[7] Paired with the development of Route 34 and the new Derby-Shelton Bridge, the new station will function as a new multimodal center for Derby and its new residents. The new station received 12.6 million in Federal Funds 6 days later and later received another 12.4 from the State of Connecticut on December 21, 2021.[8][9] As of 2022, the project is fully funded and expected to break ground 4 months after a bidder is chosen for the project expected construction will start around October, 2022. The new station will include a 350 foot long high level, heated boarding platform capable of accommodating 4 Shoreliner coaches. The new station will also include accessibility improvements making it fully ADA compliant with new Ticket Vending Machines and digital screens telling passengers when the next train will arrive. Lastly, the station will include new areas for buses with new technology to unload simultaneously and a waiting area for bus and train passengers.

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. "Route 15". Greater Bridgeport Transit. January 2, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "Route 23". Greater Bridgeport Transit. January 2, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. "255 West Chapel Street" (PDF). CT Transit. September 15, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  5. "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
  6. Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group, Operations Planning and Analysis Department, Metro-North Railroad. April 2019. p. 6.
  7. Falbo-Sosnovich, Jean (November 14, 2021). "Lamont Touts Infrastructure Investments". Valley Independent Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022.
  8. Driscoll, Eugene (November 19, 2021). "Federal $12.6 Million Grant For Derby-Shelton Train Station Upgrade". Archived from the original on January 13, 2022.
  9. "Governor Lamont Announces State Bond Commission Set To Approve $839 Million in Upgrades to Connecticut's Transportation System". December 21, 2021. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022.

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