Danbury station

The station has one three-car-long high-level island platform on the north side of the two-track line. A stub siding serves the north side of the platform. The station building contains the passenger waiting area and restrooms. A ticket machine is located on the platform alongside the building.{{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 surface parking lot at the station has 147 parking spaces, all of which are owned by the state and operated by the Danbury Parking Authority.[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/20070712000000/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf |date= July 12, 2007 }} 134 of the station's parking spots are reserved for permit holders, while the rest are metered spots. The Danbury Parking Authority also operates the

Terence E. McNally Patriot Garage, a public 550 car parking garage with EV charging stations, located directly across the street from the train station.https://danburyparking.com/locations/ Danbury Parking Authority

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The original Danbury station opened in 1852 as the northern terminus of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. Throughout the history of the Danbury station, the station has had many different depots. The first depot was opened in 1852 and served as the headquarters for the D&N. The Danbury station would have three different depots over the course of its history from 1852 to today.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Bob |title=Stations:D |url=http://www.tylercitystation.info/stations-d.html |website=Tylercitystation.info |publisher=Tylercitystation |access-date=January 22, 2021 |ref=1}} The 1903-built union station was an important part of Danbury's industrial expansion through the 1900s. However, by 1995, the Union station had fallen into complete disrepair, and was replaced by today's station in 1996.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Bob |title=Track 10 - High Drama in the Hat City: Links, Loops, Depots, and Dummies in Danbury, 1850-1925 |url=http://www.tylercitystation.info/track-10---danbury.html |website=Tylercitystation.info |publisher=Tylercitystation |access-date=January 22, 2021 |ref=1}}

The present passenger station was built in 1996 by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) and replaced the older New Haven Railroad station, which now houses the Danbury Railway Museum.{{cite web |last1=Danbury Railway Museum |title=ABOUT US |url=https://www.danburyrail.org/about |website=Danburyrail.org |publisher=Danbury Railway Museum |access-date=January 22, 2021 |ref=1}}

In 2018, the city proposed to relocate the Housatonic Area Regional Transit transfer hub to a parcel across the street from the station, with a footbridge connecting them.{{cite news |url=https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Report-proposes-new-Danbury-Transit-Center-for-12876201.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125023315/https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Report-proposes-new-Danbury-Transit-Center-for-12876201.php |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |title=Report proposes new Danbury Transit Center for downtown bus, train stations |first=Zach |last=Murdock |date=May 2, 2018 |newspaper=NewsTimes}} The city received $1.6 million in federal funds in 2024 to design the transit center.{{cite news |url=https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/danbury-receives-federal-funding-design-transit-19408751.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422210719/https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/danbury-receives-federal-funding-design-transit-19408751.php |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |newspaper=NewsTimes |date=April 22, 2024 |first=Michael |last=Gagne |title=Danbury gets $1.6M in federal funds to design long-shelved Transit Center to connect buses, trains}}

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