Campello station explained

Style:MBTA
Campello
Passengers:334 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2018
Address:30 Riverside Avenue
Borough:Brockton, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.0609°N -71.011°W
Other: BAT:
Line:Middleborough Main Line
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Parking:546 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Bicycle:8 spaces
Opened:September 26, 1997
Accessible:Yes
Closed:June 30, 1959 (former station)
Zone:5
Former:Plain Village (former station)[1]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Future services
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes

Campello station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Brockton, Massachusetts, served by the Middleborough/Lakeville 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.[2] [3] Among the initial stations on the line was Plain Village in the southern part of North Bridgewater (which was renamed Brockton in 1874). The village was renamed Campello in 1850, and the station was so renamed soon after.[4]

A new station building was constructed in 1873–74.[5] [6] A engine house was built near the station in 1881.[7] New station buildings on both sides of the tracks designed by Bradford Gilbert, as well as a new freight house, were built at Capello around 1896 during the elimination of grade crossings in Brockton.[8]

Old Colony Division passenger service ended on June 30, 1959. By that time, passengers used a small wooden shelter rather than the abandoned stone station.[9]

The modern station opened on September 26, 1997, along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines. The Riverside Avenue entrance to the parking lot was indefinitely closed in September 2023.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Karr, Ronald Dale . The Rail Lines of Southern New England . Branch Line Press . 1995 . 0942147022 . 311.
  2. News: Rail Road . Fall River Monitor . December 26, 1846 . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: New Notice . Fall River Railroad . Herald of the Times . December 24, 1846 . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Book: Kingman, Bradford . History of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1656–1894 . 1895 . D. Mason & Company . 20 . Internet Archive.
  5. Book: Tenth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 8 . November 1873 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
  6. Book: Eleventh Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 6 . November 1874 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
  7. Book: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 6 . November 1881 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
  8. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=c7ozAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA435 . Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies . 435–446 . III. Abolition of Grade Crossings in the City of Brockton . F. Herbert . Snow . James W. Jr. . Rollins . 14 . 1895.
  9. Book: Liljestrand, Robert A. . The New Haven Railroad's Old Colony Division: Volume 2 . 19, 20 . Bob's Photo . 2005.
  10. Web site: Alerts: Middleborough/Lakeville Line . https://web.archive.org/web/20231206172931/https://www.mbta.com/schedules/CR-Middleborough/alerts . September 5, 2023 . December 6, 2023 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.