Bridgewater station (MBTA)
Bridgewater 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 (formerly the original Fall River Railroad).
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 Bridgewater station in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 80 Burrill Avenue Bridgewater, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Middleborough Main Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 497 spaces (10 accessible) | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 24 spaces | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 29, 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 600 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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The station opened on September 29, 1997, along with the rest of the Middleborough/Lakeville and Plymouth/Kingston Lines.[1]
The former Bridgewater station, 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]
References
- Belcher, Jonathan (23 April 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- Pillsbury, Fred (June 30, 1984). "Passenger train service to Cape Cod begins anew: Hyannis, Falmouth--All aboard!". Boston Globe. p. 1. ProQuest 1736078220.
- Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Spring Schedule, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, May 27, 1988 – via Wikimedia Commons
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