Kent Road station
Kent Road | |||||||||||
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The former station site of Kent Road, seen behind a pile of concrete and cement blocks in May 2012. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 11 Kent Road, Wilton, Connecticut | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°09′49″N 73°25′13″W / 41.163564°N 73.420262°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Danbury Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 low level side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1852, January 12, 1976 | ||||||||||
| Closed | ca. 1971, January 16, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kent (1852–1886) South Wilton (1886–1971) Hopkins (1933–1945) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 15 | ||||||||||
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Kent Road station was a commuter rail stop on the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line. It was located near the border between Wilton and Norwalk, south of a grade crossing with Kent Road in Wilton, Connecticut. It opened in 1976 and closed in 1994. A previous station on the site, South Wilton, closed in 1971.