Woodway station was a station on the

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of the former

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and later the

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. The station was located off of Hoyt Street in

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. Woodway station closed on July 17, 1972.

History

The station appears on station lists as early as 1919. The station was likely named and established for the nearby Woodway Country Club in Darien, which opened in 1916. On August 20, 1969, about south of Woodway, at the Hoyt Street crossing, two trains collided, killing four and injuring forty people. The station was closed and consolidated with the Talmadge Hill station on July 17, 1972. All station structures were removed afterwards.

Station layout

The station had a three-sided

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style wooden shelter with a low level

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with a wooden fence that surrounded two sides of the platform. None of the station structures are extant. The station was served by one track from the

. The station had access from a dirt trail that led from Hoyt Street. The station also had an unpaved parking lot on the east side of the tracks, which was accessible via an unpaved road.

References

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Google Street View of former site of Woodway station
1972 disestablishments in Connecticut Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Railway stations closed in 1972 Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut Former railway stations in Connecticut Buildings and structures in Darien, Connecticut 1918 establishments in Connecticut {{Connecticut-railstation-stub