Bridgewater (MBTA station)

BRIDGEWATER
Location	80 Burrill Avenue Bridgewater, MA 02324
Coordinates	41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W / 41.9853°N 70.9658°WCoordinates: 41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W / 41.9853°N 70.9658°W
Line(s)	Middleborough/Lakeville Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	497 spaces (10 accessible)
Bicycle facilities	24 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	6
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	875 (daily average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Campello toward South Station Middleborough/ Lakeville Line Middleborough / Lakeville Terminus   Former services   Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Brockton toward Braintree Main line Closed 1988 Middleborough toward Hyannis or Falmouth

Bridgewater is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line. It is located on the east end of the Bridgewater State University campus. Bridgewater Station was built on a line that was once part of the original Fall River Railroad.

The station opened on September 29, 1997, along with the rest of the Middleborough/Lakeville and Plymouth/Kingston Lines.^[2]

Former station

The former Bridgewater station, located in Bridgewater proper, is now a Burger King restaurant. It served as a train station until the late 1980s, serving as a stop on the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad.^[3]

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
2. Belcher, Jonathan (23 April 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
3. http://www.scribd.com/doc/127036706/1988-Spring-Cape-Cod-Hyannis-RR

External links

• MBTA - Bridgewater