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°W / 41.9853; -70.9658Coordinates: 41°59′07″N 70°57′57″W / 41.9853°N 70.9658°W / 41.9853; -70.9658
Line(s)
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
Middleborough/
Lakeville Line
Terminus
  Former services  
Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad
toward Braintree
Main line
Closed 1988
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]

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