South Attleboro (MBTA station)
| SOUTH ATTLEBORO | |||||||||||
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| Address | 1315 Newport Avenue Attleboro, MA 02703-8040 |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′51″N 71°21′21″W / 41.8976°N 71.3558°WCoordinates: 41°53′51″N 71°21′21″W / 41.8976°N 71.3558°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections | GATRA | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 567 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 2 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 1990 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 11 December 2000 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009 daily) | 2,373[1] | ||||||||||
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South Attleboro is an MBTA Commuter Rail commuter rail station on the MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It is the MBTA's southernmost station on the line in Massachusetts; it was the weekend terminus until June 29, 2006, when Rhode Island began funding weekend service to Providence.[2] The station is located at the Newport Avenue overpass in the community of South Attleboro, part of Attleboro.
The station opened on June 20, 1990, before which the southernmost station in Massachusetts was Attleboro.[2] South Attleboro was a completely new station, unlike most stations which have opened under the MBTA (at locations of former stations). The nearest station was Hebronville, two miles east.
The area where the station is located in was once part of a Holiday Inn that was shut down to make way for the station. The former hotel is now a warehouse.
The station averaged 2,373 inbound passengers per weekday in 2009, making it the third busiest station in the commuter rail system, behind only Mansfield and Attleboro.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/documents/Bluebook%202010.pdf. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan (31 December 2011). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. http://www.transithistory.org/roster/MBTARouteHistory.pdf. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
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