Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)

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Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad) is a commuter rail line in southwestern Connecticut that connects the city of Danbury with the New Haven Line, providing passenger service to New York City and other regional destinations.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail line ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectsCity Danbury ⓘ
Norwalk ⓘ
connectsTo New Haven Line ⓘ
New York City via New Haven Line ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentServicePattern shuttle service between Danbury and South Norwalk ⓘ
electrification non-electrified ⓘ
fareSystem Metro-North Railroad fare zones ⓘ
futurePlans studied for potential electrification and capacity improvements ⓘ
hasLevelCrossings multiple highway grade crossings ⓘ
hasStation Bethel station ⓘ
Branchville station ⓘ
Cannondale station ⓘ
Danbury station ⓘ
Merritt 7 station ⓘ
Redding station ⓘ
South Norwalk station ⓘ
Wilton station ⓘ
historicalOperator Conrail ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
lineLength approximately 24 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Connecticut ⓘ
Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
numberOfTracks single track (with passing sidings) ⓘ
openedAsPartOf New York and New Haven Railroad system ⓘ
operator Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
owner Connecticut Department of Transportation ⓘ
parentNetwork MTA Metro-North Railroad system ⓘ
partOf Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line ⓘ
linked to: New Haven Line
peakService through trains to Grand Central Terminal ⓘ
primaryUse passenger service ⓘ
regionServed southwestern Connecticut ⓘ
rollingStock diesel locomotive-hauled coaches ⓘ
diesel multiple units ⓘ
serves Bethel, Connecticut ⓘ
Danbury, Connecticut ⓘ
Norwalk, Connecticut ⓘ
Redding, Connecticut ⓘ
Ridgefield, Connecticut (via branch station) ⓘ
Wilton, Connecticut ⓘ
serviceType commuter rail ⓘ
signalling wayside signals with cab signal/ATC on portions ⓘ
terminus Danbury station ⓘ
South Norwalk station ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danbury, Connecticut → servedBy → Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad) ⓘ
Bethel, Connecticut → servedByRailLine → Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Wilton, Connecticut → railLine → Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Greater Danbury → hasCommuterRailAccess → Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Town of Redding → hasTransportation → Metro-North Railroad Danbury Branch (Redding station) ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Fordham station → servedByLine → Danbury Branch (via New Haven Line trains) ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Bethel (Metro-North station) → servesLine → Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Cannondale station → servedBy → Danbury Branch trains ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
South Norwalk station → servesRailroad → Danbury Branch shuttle trains ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Merritt 7 station → partOf → New Haven Line Danbury Branch ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)
Wilton → servedByRailLine → Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Danbury Branch (Metro-North Railroad)