Middleborough station
Middleborough | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A train at Middleborough in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 52 West Grove Street Middleborough, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′13″N 70°55′22″W / 41.88707°N 70.92287°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | GATRA: Downtown Middleborough Shuttle, Link 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 500 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 24, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2030 | 670 daily boardings (projected): 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Middleborough station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, served by the Fall River/New Bedford Line. It opened on March 24, 2025, as part of the South Coast Rail project, replacing Middleborough/Lakeville station for regular service. The station has a single side platform located inside the wye between the Middleborough Main Line and the Middleboro Secondary.
The Fall River Railroad opened through Middleborough in 1845–46. Three branch lines from Middleborough followed: the Cape Cod Branch Railroad in 1847, the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad in 1856, and the Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad in 1892. The lines were consolidated under the Old Colony Railroad, which constructed a Tudor-style station building in 1887. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad acquired the Old Colony in 1893. Passenger service declined in the 20th century, with commuter rail service to Boston ending in 1959.
From 1984 to 1988, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad seasonal commuter and excursion service stopped in Middleborough at the former station, which was demolished in the 1990s. MBTA service on the Middleborough/Lakeville line began in 1997, using Middleborough/Lakeville station to the south rather than the downtown station site. In 2017, a re-evaluation of the South Coast Rail project proposed an interim route via Middleborough, with a new Middleborough station. The site at the Pilgrim Junction wye was chosen in 2018, and a construction contract was awarded in 2020.