Danbury Branch

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Danbury Branch
A train at the station in Danbury, Connecticut
Overview
Status	Operating
Owner	Connecticut DOT
Locale	Norwalk, CT to Danbury, CT
Termini	Grand Central (weekday service) Stamford (weekday service) South Norwalk Danbury
Stations	8
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metro-North Railroad
Operator(s)	Metro-North (passenger 1983–present) PW (freight 1993 – present)[1] Housatonic (freight 1983–present)
Rolling stock	GE Genesis P32AC-DM Brookville BL20GH Shoreliner coaches
Technical
Line length	23.9 mi (38.46 km)
Character	Commuter rail / Branch line
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	None (electrified 1925-1961)
Route map Danbury Branch highlighted in red (full weekday route) Show interactive map Legend Housatonic Railroad to Pittsfield New Milford (proposed) Housatonic River Brookfield (proposed) Housatonic Railroad to Derby Junction North Danbury (proposed) Still River Danbury Yard & Railway Museum Beacon Line to Southeast 64.9 mi 104.4 km Danbury Still River 62.2 mi 100.1 km Bethel 58.5 mi 94.1 km Redding Saugatuck River 54.0 mi 86.9 km Branchville Zone 42 Zone 41 Georgetown (proposed) 50.2 mi 80.8 km Cannondale 48.5 mi 78.1 km Wilton Kent Road (closed) 45.0 mi 72.4 km Merritt 7 Norwalk River Wall Street (proposed) end of electrification New Haven to New Haven Zone 41 Zone 17 Danbury Branch Dockyard & Norwalk River 41.0 mi 66 km South Norwalk Zone 17 Zone 16 39.2 mi 63.1 km Rowayton 37.7 mi 60.7 km Darien 36.2 mi 58.3 km Noroton Heights 36.2 mi 58.3 km Stamford New Haven intermediate stops Zone 16 Zone 1 0.0 mi 0 km Grand Central This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Danbury Branch is a 23.9-mile (38 km) long branch line of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line in the U.S. state of Connecticut, running from downtown Norwalk north to Danbury. All trains along the branch make stops at the line's 8 stations, with many weekday Danbury trains continuing along the New Haven Line to and from Stamford and New York City, eliminating the need to transfer at South Norwalk. It opened in 1852 as the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. Until the early 1970s, passenger service continued north from Danbury to Canaan, Connecticut, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Metro-North took over operation of the line from Conrail in 1983, and the modern-day branch is mostly single-tracked.