South Attleboro (MBTA station)

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South Attleboro MBTA Commuter Rail
Station statistics
Coordinates	41°53′51″N 71°21′21″W / 41.8976, -71.3558Coordinates: 41°53′51″N 71°21′21″W / 41.8976, -71.3558
Lines	Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Opened	20 June 1990
Electrified	11 December 2000
Accessible
Owned by	MBTA
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	462,800 ▬ 0%
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Providence toward Providence or Stoughton Providence/Stoughton Line Attleboro toward South Station

South Attleboro is the southernmost station in Massachusetts on the Providence/Stoughton Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail, and was the southernmost station on weekends, until June 29, 2006, when Rhode Island began funding weekend service to Providence. 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. There was no station at that spot before then; in fact, 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 Holiday Inn is now a warehouse.

[edit] References

• Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district (PDF)