Canton Center (MBTA station)

CANTON CENTER

Canton Center station platform in April 2016
Location 710 Washington Street
Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°09′26″N 71°08′47″W / 42.1571°N 71.1463°W / 42.1571; -71.1463Coordinates: 42°09′26″N 71°08′47″W / 42.1571°N 71.1463°W / 42.1571; -71.1463
Owned by MBTA
Line(s)
  Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 219 spaces
Bicycle facilities 10 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 1,113 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Terminus
Providence/Stoughton Line
South Coast Rail
planned

Canton Center is a commuter rail station on the MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line located in Canton, Massachusetts. It is served by most Stoughton Branch service except for evening inbound trains. The station has 1 side platform on the south side of the track west of Washington Street; the platform has a mini-high section for handicapped accessibility.

History

Canton Center has seen one of the largest relative increases in ridership of any commuter rail station during the MBTA era. Ridership has increased tenfold from 65 daily riders in 1983 to 1,113 in 2013, while overall system ridership roughly tripled during that timeframe.[1][2] This is in large part due to service increases on the line which began on March 12, 1984 as mitigation for construction work on the Southeast Expressway.[3]

Plans

Canton Center station is planned to be reconstructed as part of the South Coast Rail project, which will extend the Stoughton Branch south to several South Coast cities. A second track will be added through the station to support increased bidrectional service; two full-length low-level platforms will be built, each with two mini-high platforms for handicapped accessibility.[4] No other MBTA station has or is planned to have multiple mini-high platforms on each track; the configuration is designed to accommodate the station's high ridership for speedy boarding while not blocking freight access on the branch.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ↑ Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. Inside front cover. ISBN 9780685412947.
  3. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan (12 November 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Figure 3.2-20 Canton Center Station Proposed Reconstruction" (PDF). Volume II: FEIS/FEIR Figures Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report on the South Coast Rail Project proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District. August 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

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