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STOUGHTON
1888-built Stoughton station building in 2016
General information
Location45 Wyman Street
Stoughton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°7′27″N 71°5′58″W / 42.12417°N 71.09944°W / 42.12417; -71.09944
Owned byMBTA
Line(s)
  Providence/​Stoughton Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsMBTA Bus
Construction
Parking333 spaces ($4.00 fee)
10 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities6 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1888
Passengers
20131,067 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
TerminusTemplate:MBTA lines
Template:MBTA lines
Proposed
Stoughton Railroad Station
Stoughton station is located in Massachusetts
Stoughton station
Stoughton station is located in the United States
Stoughton station
Location53 Wyman Street,
Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates42°7′27″N 71°5′58″W / 42.12417°N 71.09944°W / 42.12417; -71.09944
Arealess than one acre
Built1888
ArchitectCharles Brigham
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.74000384[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974

Stoughton is a railroad station on the MBTA Commuter Rail's Providence/Stoughton Line located in Stoughton, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line. The station has 333 parking spaces to serve local riders and those driving from further south, as Stoughton is close to the Massachusetts Route 24 expressway. Stoughton currently has one platform (split across Wyman Street) serving one track; the platform has a mini-high section for handicapped accessibility.

History

A Penn Central Budd RDC at Stoughton in 1971

The original station house was built in 1888 for the Old Colony Railroad and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 21, 1974.[2]

Plans

Stoughton station is planned to be reconstructed as part of the South Coast Rail project, which will extend the Stoughton Branch south to several South Coast cities. A second track will be added through the station to support increased bidrectional service; the two new platforms will be located fully south of Wyman Street so that trains do not block the crossing.

Because of the sharp curve, full-length high-level platforms were originally thought not to be feasible; instead, each platform was to have a 45-foot-long mini-high platform at the southern end.[3]

Under newer plans, the tracks will be moved slightly west south of Wyman Street, so that full-length high-level platforms will be built a block south at Brock Street, connected with an overhead pedestrian bridge. A new parking area with nearly twice the number of spaces will be built; the old right-of-way and parking areas will be redeveloped.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Existing Stoughton Station / Proposed Construction" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Figure 3.2-21 Stoughton Station Proposed Reconstruction" (PDF). Volume II: FEIS/FEIR Figures Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report on the South Coast Rail Project proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District. August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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