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Darien Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
New Haven Branch · Zone 16 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Darien station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 815 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Darien (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #33 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 10.1% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 654 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Darien go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Darien, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
85% of tickets691 a day - Harlem-125 St
3% of tickets23 a day - Bridgeport
2% of tickets15 a day - Yankees-E 153 St
1% of tickets11 a day - Stamford
1% of tickets9 a day - Greenwich
1% of tickets8 a day - New Haven
1% of tickets7 a day - Fairfield-Black Rock
1% of tickets7 a day
What tickets do Darien riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
26% of peak and off-peak tickets from Darien were peak fares.
- One-way
216,009 sold72.6% - Day pass
30,426 sold10.2% - Round trip
23,301 sold7.8% - 10-trip
14,620 sold4.9% - Monthly
6,352 sold2.1% - Other
5,699 sold1.9%
Are Darien trains on time?
On time means arriving within 5 minutes 59 seconds of schedule. The railroad reports this by branch, not by station.
From Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, 97.3% of New Haven trains were on time (97.8% the year before). Every Metro-North branch compared →
Elevators and escalators
The railroad reports elevator and escalator availability by branch, not by station.
Darien is listed as accessible. Across the New Haven Branch, elevators worked 99.7% of the time over the last 12 months.
Other stations on the New Haven Branch
- Bridgeport 1,790 tickets a day
- Cos Cob 307 tickets a day
- East Norwalk 233 tickets a day
- Fairfield 1,064 tickets a day
- Fairfield-Black Rock 1,174 tickets a day
- Green's Farms 245 tickets a day
- Greenwich 1,536 tickets a day
- Harrison 972 tickets a day
- Larchmont 1,331 tickets a day
- Mamaroneck 1,009 tickets a day
- Milford 640 tickets a day
- Mt Vernon East 1,320 tickets a day
- New Haven 3,425 tickets a day
- New Haven-State St 53 tickets a day
- New Rochelle 2,673 tickets a day
- Noroton Heights 478 tickets a day
- Old Greenwich 397 tickets a day
- Pelham 1,068 tickets a day
- Port Chester 1,221 tickets a day
- Riverside 250 tickets a day
- Rowayton 202 tickets a day
- Rye 871 tickets a day
- South Norwalk 1,374 tickets a day
- Southport 122 tickets a day
- Stamford 4,558 tickets a day
- Stratford 662 tickets a day
- West Haven 820 tickets a day
- Westport 1,166 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: Darien on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Darien station?
About 815 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Darien (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #33 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 10.1% fewer than the year before.
Is Darien station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Darien as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Darien in?
Darien is in zone 16 on the New Haven Branch.
Where do people go from Darien?
The most common destination on tickets from Darien is Grand Central.
Data (data.ny.gov): MTA Railroad Ticket Sales, MTA Rail Stations, Metro-North Elevator and Escalator Availability, Metro-North On-Time Performance. Updated Nov 3, 2026.
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).
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