East Norwalk | |||||||||||||
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Location | 281 East Avenue Norwalk, Connecticut | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°06′14″N 73°24′16″W / 41.10400°N 73.40450°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | ConnDOT | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor) | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Norwalk Transit District: 8, 11 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 231 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 17 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 726 daily boardings[2] | ||||||||||||
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East Norwalk station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the East Norwalk neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut. The station building was constructed by Metro-North in the 1980s.[3]
The Founder's Stone Monument, which formerly located at East Avenue and Fitch Street, is adjacent to the station.[4][5] It marks the earliest Norwalk settlement and adjacent first Meeting House (seat of government), which were located at its former site.[6]
East Norwalk station first opened in 1885 to serve the quickly growing East Norwalk neighborhood.[7] The original station building was replaced c. 1897 by a smaller structure on the opposite side of the tracks.[7] That station would continue to serve until c. 1939 when it was replaced by another structure across the tracks and subsequently removed.[7] A separate westbound shelter was built some time around 1950, and both structures would serve until the current building was constructed by Metro-North in the 1980s.[3][7]
The station has two offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.[8]: 21 The platforms are offset, with the westbound platform west of East Street and the eastbound platform to the east.