Merritt 7 station

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

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Merritt 7

| style = CTrail

| image = New Merritt 7 Station Platform.jpg

| image_caption = View of the new platform opened in June 2023

| coordinates = {{coord|41.14803|-73.42768|type:railwaystation_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| address = Glover Avenue

| borough = Norwalk, Connecticut

| line =

| connections = {{bus icon}} Norwalk Transit District: Route 7 Link

| platform = 1 side platform

| tracks = 1

| parking = 88 spaces{{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/20070712022905/http://www.ct.gov/dotinfo/lib/dotinfo/ctgov/FinalParkingReport.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-12}}

| bicycle =

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|passengers=181 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 = July 29, 1985

| rebuilt = September 2020–June 7, 2023

| 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 = 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}}

| zone = 41

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MNRR|line1=Danbury Branch|left1=South Norwalk|to-left1=South Norwalk|right1=Wilton|line2=Danbury Branch|left2=South Norwalk|to-left2=Stamford or Grand Central|right2=Wilton|note-left2=weekday service

}}

| mapframe = yes

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

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Merritt 7 station is a commuter rail stop on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Norwalk, Connecticut. Merritt 7 is named after an adjacent business park based near the interchange of the Merritt Parkway and Route 7. The station has one high-level 6-car long side platform to the west of the single track. It is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).