Charles Cannon of Cannondale was the subcontractor who helped build the route through Wilton.
After a few years, when speeds picked up a bit on the line, it took 28 minutes to reach South Norwalk.
L. Peter Cornwall, a railroad historian, estimated that perhaps no more than a dozen people used Cannondale in its early years.
The Cafe au Lait coffee shop in the station house closed on March 31, 2010.
[6] The station has a two-car-long high-level side platform west of the single track.