Montello station
MONTELLO | |||||||||||
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 An inbound train arrives at Montello station in 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 150 Spark Street Brockton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°06′23″N 71°01′18″W / 42.1064°N 71.0217°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Middleborough Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 425 spaces ($4.00 fee) 12 accessible spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 16 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 29, 1997[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1959 (former station) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 655 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Montello is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Brockton, Massachusetts. It serves the Middleborough/Lakeville Line. Located north of downtown Brockton, it has two full-length high-level platforms serving the line's two tracks, and is fully handicapped accessible.
History
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The station opened on September 29, 1997 along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines service.[1] A New Haven Railroad station was located at Montello on the Middleborough Main Line until the Old Colony Division closed in 1959. It was renamed from Huntington Heights on January 15, 1885.[3]
Bus connections
The station is the terminus of one MBTA Bus route:
- 230 Quincy Center Station - Montello Commuter Rail Station via Holbrook & Braintree Station
It is served by two Brockton Area Transit Authority routes on SPARK Street:
- Route 10 Lisa & Howard Via N. Quincy & Court
- Route 11 Cary Hill and the Village
See also
References
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan (December 30, 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Jacobs, Warren (October 1928). "Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 17. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
External links
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