Bridgewater station (MBTA)

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Bridgewater
MBTA Bridgewater Commuter Rail Station.JPG
Bridgewater station in 2012
General information
Location80 Burrill Avenue
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W / 41.9853°N 70.9658°W / 41.9853; -70.9658Coordinates: 41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W / 41.9853°N 70.9658°W / 41.9853; -70.9658
Line(s)Middleborough Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking497 spaces (10 accessible)
Bicycle facilities24 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone6
History
OpenedSeptember 29, 1997[1]
Passengers
2018600 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA.svg MBTA Following station
Campello Middleborough/​Lakeville Line Middleborough/​Lakeville
Terminus
South Coast Rail
Phase 1
2023 (proposed)
Middleborough
Former services
Preceding station Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Following station
Brockton
toward Braintree
Braintree-Hyannis
1984-1988
Middleborough
toward Hyannis or Falmouth
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Westdale
toward Boston
Boston–​Middleborough Titicut
Brockton
toward Boston
Boston–​Woods Hole Middleborough
toward Woods Hole
Boston–​Hyannis Middleborough
toward Hyannis

Bridgewater station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line. It is located on the east end of the Bridgewater State University campus along the Middleborough Main Line.

History

The former Bridgewater station

The Fall River Railroad opened through Bridgewater in 1846. The former Bridgewater station, designed by New York architect Bradford Gilbert, is located in Bridgewater proper, is now a Burger King restaurant. It served as a train station until 1959, then again from 1984 to 1988 as a stop on the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad.[3][4]

The modern station opened on September 29, 1997, along with the rest of the Middleborough/Lakeville and Plymouth/Kingston Lines.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. ^ Pillsbury, Fred (June 30, 1984). "Passenger train service to Cape Cod begins anew: Hyannis, Falmouth—All aboard!". The Boston Globe. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Spring Schedule, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, May 27, 1988 – via Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Bridgewater station (MBTA) at Wikimedia Commons