North Danbury station is a proposed

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stop on the

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of the Metro-North Railroad's

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, to be located in Danbury, Connecticut.

History

Plans call for the station to be located at the current

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at 67 White Turkey Road Ext, adjacent to the Brookfield-Danbury border. Original plans for the station had surfaced in 2009–2010, when a study was conducted to determine the viability of the station. Although plans had gone under for a while, improvements being made to the line by the State of Connecticut could mean a station in the near future. In September 2020, due to an increase in demand for expansion of commuter rail service to Greater Danbury, the

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awarded a $400,000 grant to the

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to study improvements along the Danbury Branch line and develop a plan for expanding service north. This would include the construction of a North Danbury, Brookfield and New Milford station.https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/09/17-six-rail-projects-among-58-receiving-build-grant-capital-funding Six rail projects among 58 receiving BUILD grant capital funding Another 10 projects with rail component get capital or planning funding September 17, 2020

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History

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