Editing Danbury, Connecticut (section)

===Railroad===
[[File:Danbury train station.jpg|thumb|[[Danbury station|Danbury Metro-North Railroad station]], located on the [[Danbury Branch]] line]]
Danbury is the [[Danbury (Metro-North station)|terminus]] of the [[Danbury Branch|Danbury branch]] line of the [[MTA Metro-North Railroad]] which begins in [[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]]. The Danbury Branch provides [[commuter rail]] service from Danbury, to [[South Norwalk station|South Norwalk]], [[Stamford Transportation Center|Stamford]], and [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[New York City]]. The line was first built by the [[Danbury and Norwalk Railroad]] which was later bought by the [[New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad]] Company. Danbury was an important junction between the Danbury Branch and the [[Dutchess Rail Trail|Maybrook Line]]. The Maybrook line was the New Haven's main freight line which terminated in [[Maybrook, New York]], where the New Haven exchanged traffic with other railroads. After the ill-fated [[Penn Central]] took over the New Haven, the Maybrook line was shut down when a fire on the [[Poughkeepsie Bridge]] made the line unusable. Today, the historic station is part of the [[Danbury Railway Museum]]. The [[Providence and Worcester Railroad]], along with the [[Housatonic Railroad]] provide local rail freight service in Danbury.

Frequent direct rail access to New York City is also available from [[Brewster station]] along Metro-North's [[Harlem Line]]. The station is located just over the New York state line, roughly 8 miles from downtown. Plans are also being made to connect Danbury station to the Harlem Line, utilizing existing Maybrook Line track which is owned by the MTA. This plan has been dubbed the "Fast track to NYC", as it will provide more frequent access between Danbury and [[Grand Central Terminal]]. In June 2022, a $2 million federal grant was approved to study the environmental impacts of the project.<ref>https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21269671/ct-danburys-long-shot-fast-track-to-nyc-now-more-of-a-reality-with-hope-of-2m-federal-grant {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209091520/https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21269671/ct-danburys-long-shot-fast-track-to-nyc-now-more-of-a-reality-with-hope-of-2m-federal-grant |date=December 9, 2022 }} Mass Transit CT: Danbury's 'long shot' fast track to NYC now 'more of a reality' with hope of $2M federal grant</ref>