Bethel station

{{Short description|Metro-North Railroad station in Connecticut}}

{{Infobox Station

| name=Bethel

| style=MNRR

| style2=New Haven Connecticut

| image=Metro-North Station Bethel CT.jpg

| image_caption=Track side of Bethel station in 2011

| address=13 Durant Avenue

| borough=Bethel, Connecticut

| coordinates={{coord|41.3760|-73.4180|type:railwaystation_region:US-CT|display=inline,title}}

| line=

| other={{bus icon}} HARTransit: 5

| platform=1 side platform

| tracks=1

| parking=197 spaces

| bicycle=

| mpassengers={{rail pass box|passengers=228 daily boardings{{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}}| pass_year=2018}}

| opened=1852

| rebuilt=1996

| accessible=yes

| code=

| owned=Connecticut Department of Transportation{{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=Connecticut Department of Transportation |date=January 2007}}

| operator=Town of Bethel

| zone=42

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MNRR|line=Danbury Branch|left=Redding|right=Danbury}}

| other_services_collapsible=yes

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system2=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad|line2=Pittsfield Branch|left2=Redding|right2=Danbury

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#EE0034 |zoom=14 }}

}}

Bethel station is a commuter rail station on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Bethel, Connecticut.

History

File:Bethel Cycle in old station 013.JPG

The original Bethel station opened in 1852 on the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The original station building eventually burned down on December 15, 1898, as a result of an overheated stove. The station was eventually replaced the following year in 1899. The 1899-built station served passengers until 1996, when it was taken out of service but not demolished.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Bob |title=Stations:B-BO |url=http://www.tylercitystation.info/stations-b-bo.html |website=Tylercitystation.info |publisher=Tylercitystation |access-date=January 22, 2021 |ref=1}} The current station on Durant Avenue was built in 1996 and succeeds the previous station on Depot Place. The old station is still standing, but trains no longer stop at it. The building subsequently became a bicycle shop, then a brewery.{{Cite news|last=Perrefort|first=Dirk|url=http://www.newstimes.com/business/article/Brew-pub-in-works-at-former-Bethel-train-station-7331588.php|title=Brew pub on tap at former Bethel train station|date=25 April 2016|work=NewsTimes}}

Station layout

The station has a five-car-long high-level side platform to the east of the single track.{{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}}{{Rp|28}} The station has 197 parking spaces, all owned by the state. [http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf "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] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712022905/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf |date= July 12, 2007 }} Most of these are permit spaces, but there is also metered parking available. Two EV charging stations are also available. The station building is open during rush hours and has a bakery, seating area, and restroom, but no ticket machines. The station is operated by the town of Bethel, though it is owned by ConnDOT.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060919190003/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/Bethel.pdf Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Condition Inspection Bethel Station" report, July 2002]
[https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3762185,-73.4175344,3a,75y,242.55h,91.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssI017HXBJucJIV-WIcttrA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DsI017HXBJucJIV-WIcttrA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D242.5529557741672%26pitch%3D-1.5995523326623697%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu Station House from Google Maps Street View (Exterior)]

Category:Former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stations

Category:Metro-North Railroad stations in Connecticut

Category:Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996

Category:Buildings and structures in Bethel, Connecticut