Line(s) New Haven Line Parking 330 spaces Phone +1 203-655-8779 Platforms in use 2 | Tracks 4 Fare zone 16 Connection Norwalk Transit District | |
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Location 299 Rowayton Avenue
at 1 Belmont Place,
Norwalk, CT 06853 Connections Norwalk Transit District: 12 Address 300 Rowayton Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06853, United States Similar East Norwalk, Merritt 7, Cannondale, Noroton Heights, Green's Farms | ||
The Rowayton Metro-North Railroad station is one of three New Haven Line stations serving the residents of Norwalk, Connecticut. It is located in the neighborhood of Rowayton, from which it derives its name.
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Rowayton is about 39 miles (63 km) from Grand Central Terminal, and the average travel time from Grand Central is 60 minutes, though this varies depending on run and time of day.
Nineteenth-century artist and humanitarian Vincent Colyer helped to get the station built.
Parking
The station has 330 parking spaces, all owned by the state.
In April 2007, the Sixth Taxing District commissioners, acting under a demand by the state Department of Transportation to change the system, decided to switch the parking permit-granting procedure so that 375 annual permit holders (expanded in April 2007 to 397) would be given preference for new permits. Under the new system, permit holders go to the Rowayton Community Center on the third Saturday in June and reapply.
Under a system in place for the previous 30 years, Rowayton commuters received parking permits on a first-come, first-served basis. Every June, commuters would camp out overnight to guarantee a place in line to get a permit. Those too far back in line would go on a waiting list. As of April 2007, about 50 commuters were on the waiting list. In that month the commission expanded the annual permits from 375 to 397, removing 22 monthly permits the district had been selling on a monthly basis.
On March 12, 2008, in a meeting of the Sixth Taxing District, an expansion of permit parking by 30 spaces to a total of 428 was approved by the taxing district commissioners.
Platform and track configuration
This station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each six cars long. The northern platform, adjacent to Track 3, is generally used by westbound trains. The southern platform, adjacent to Track 4, is generally used by eastbound trains.
The New Haven Line has four tracks at this location. The two inner tracks, not adjacent to either platform, are used only by express trains.