Ashland (MBTA station)

ASHLAND

An inbound train arrives at Ashland station
Location Pleasant Street
Ashland, MA
Coordinates 42°15′42″N 71°28′57″W / 42.2616°N 71.4826°WCoordinates: 42°15′42″N 71°28′57″W / 42.2616°N 71.4826°W
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking 678 spaces, $4.00 each
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 6
History
Opened August 24, 2002
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 557 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Worcester
Framingham/Worcester Line
Framingham
  Former services  
New York Central Railroad
Southville
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Framingham
toward Boston
toward Worcester
Worcester Line

Ashland is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Framingham/Worcester Line. The station is located on Pleasant Street in Ashland, Massachusetts on the opposite side of the Sudbury River, and has 678 parking spaces on both sides of the tracks. It also has a long driveway leading from the south parking lot to the intersection of West Union Street (MA 135) and Voyagers Lane.

History

1906 postcard of the old station

Passenger service to the old Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge-built downtown station ended on April 24, 1960, when Boston and Albany Railroad service west of Framingham (MBTA station) was cut to stops at Worcester, Palmer, Springfield, and Pittsfield only.[2] Service to Worcester ended entirely in 1975, but resumed in 1994.[3]

In the late 1990s, due to delays in the restoration of passenger service on the Old Colony Lines and the Greenbush Line, four park-and-ride stations were built between Framingham and Worcester. Ashland was the last on the these to open, on August 22, 2002.[3] The downtown station still stands, and is currently used as a doctor's office.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Humphrey, Thomas J. and Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 24. ISBN 9780685412947.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Belcher, Jonathan (24 May 2013). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780942147087.

External links

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