Talmadge Hill Train Station Talmadge Hill Railroad Station

New Parking Payment Machines Coming to Talmadge Hill Train Station

Download PDF

New Canaan town officials on Tuesday voted in favor of spending $50,000 on two contracts with a Moorestown, N.J.-based company for new parking payment machines. ____________

— This article originally was published by NewCanaanite.com. ____________

The Parkeon machines—two for the Talmadge Hill Train Station lot ($19,790 total) and three for the Elm Street lot downtown ($29,440)—collect money that then goes into standalone parking funds. Specifically, Parking Superintendent Stacy Miltenberg told members of the Board of Selectmen at their regular meeting, funds collected at Elm Street go into a state “Railroad Fund” that’s used maintain the 2.7-acre state-owned property around the tracks. Talmadge Hill is owned by the town, and revenues collected there go into a town parking fund, she said in response to a question posed by Selectman Kit Devereaux.

Talmage Hill Railroad Station Crossing

New Canaan to Seek Funds for Sidewalk at Talmadge Hill RR Station

Download PDF

Commuters who walk on the south side of Talmadge Hill Railroad Station should get a new, longer sidewalk, say New Canaan officials, who are applying for state funds to replace the current one.  

The project, estimated to cost $350,000, would see a new, five-foot-wide concrete sidewalk and granite curb run along the northern edge of Talmadge Hill Road from Route 106 up to and past the highest parking tier above the heavily used railroad station, according to New Canaan Public Works Director Tiger Man. Talmadge Hill Road runs along the New Canaan-Darien border east of the station but turns north a bit and is entirely within New Canaan just south of the station. Some Darien residents commute from there and walk back and forth from the station. Some Darien residents have asked Darien town government to install sidewalks along Hoyt Street (Route 106) approaching the station, but the town hasn’t installed them.