East Norwalk station is a

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station on the

Metro-North Railroad Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State public benefit corporations, public authority of the U.S. state of New Yor ...

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, located in the

East Norwalk East Norwalk is a neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut, located mostly in Norwalk's third taxing district with segments of its northernmost area within the first and fifth taxing districts. As one of the earliest settlements of Norwalk, it was ...

neighborhood of

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. The station building was constructed by Metro-North in the 1980s. The Founder's Stone Monument, which formerly located at East Avenue and Fitch Street, is adjacent to the station. It marks the earliest Norwalk settlement and adjacent first Meeting House (seat of government), which were located at its former site.

History

East Norwalk station first opened in 1885 to serve the quickly growing

neighborhood. The original station building was replaced by a smaller structure on the opposite side of the tracks. That station would continue to serve until when it was replaced by another structure across the tracks and subsequently removed. A separate westbound shelter was built some time around 1950, and both structures would serve until the current building was constructed by Metro-North in the 1980s.

Station layout

The station has two offset high-level

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s, each four cars long, serving the outer tracks of the four-track

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. The platforms are offset, with the westbound platform west of East Street and the eastbound platform to the east.

References

External links

*http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dpt/1_Station_Inspection_Summary_Report.pdf {{MNRR stations navbox Metro-North Railroad stations in Connecticut Stations on the Northeast Corridor Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut Buildings and structures in Norwalk, Connecticut 1885 establishments in Connecticut Railway stations opened in 1885