Bridgewater station (MBTA)

BRIDGEWATER
Bridgewater station in 2012
Location 80 Burrill Avenue
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°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
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s) Middleborough Main Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 497 spaces (10 accessible)
Bicycle facilities 24 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 6
History
Opened September 29, 1997[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 1,036 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Middleborough/
Lakeville Line
Terminus
  Former services  
Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad
toward Braintree
Braintree-Hyannis
1984-1988
toward Hyannis or Falmouth

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).

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

  1. 1 2 Belcher, Jonathan (23 April 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  3. ↑ Pillsbury, Fred (June 30, 1984). "Passenger train service to Cape Cod begins anew: Hyannis, Falmouth--All aboard!". Boston Globe. p. 1 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Spring Schedule, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, May 27, 1988 – via Wikimedia Commons
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