Bridgewater station (MBTA) explained

Style:MBTA
Bridgewater
Address:80 Burrill Avenue
Borough:Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Coordinates:41.9853°N -70.9658°W
Line:Middleborough Main Line
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Parking:497 spaces (10 accessible)
Bicycle:24 spaces
Opened:September 29, 1997
Accessible:Yes
Zone:6
Passengers:600 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2018
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Future services
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes

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

History

The final section of the Fall River Railroad opened between North Bridgewater and opened on December 21, 1846, completing the line between South Braintree and Fall River.[1] [2] The railroad merged into the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad in 1854; it became the Old Colony and Newport Railroad in 1863, then the Old Colony Railroad in 1872. The line was originally single track; the second track was extended from Campello to Bridgewater in 1884.[3]

The original station was replaced by the Old Colony with a wooden structure with a hip roof.[4] The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad acquired the Old Colony in 1893. The next year, it constructed a new station designed by New York architect Bradford Gilbert. The Romanesque structure was built from Milford pink granite with brownstone trim.

Old Colony Division passenger service ended on June 30, 1959. The Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad stopped at Bridgewater from 1984 to 1988.[5] The modern station opened on September 29, 1997, along with the rest of the Middleborough/Lakeville and Plymouth/Kingston Lines. It is located southeast of downtown Bridgewater at the Bridgewater State University campus. The former station building has been repurposed as a Burger King restaurant.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Rail Road . Fall River Monitor . December 26, 1846 . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: New Notice . Fall River Railroad . Herald of the Times . December 24, 1846 . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Twenty-First Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 8 . November 1884 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
  4. Book: Roy, John H. Jr. . A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses . Branch Line Press . 2007 . 9780942147087 . 134–135.
  5. News: Passenger train service to Cape Cod begins anew: Hyannis, Falmouth—All aboard! . The Boston Globe . 23 . June 30, 1984 . Fred . Pillsbury . Newspapers.com.