Campello station

Campello station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Brockton, Massachusetts, served by the Middleborough/Lakeville Line.

Campello
Campello station in February 2013
General information
Location	30 Riverside Avenue Brockton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.0609°N 71.0110°W / 42.0609; -71.0110
Line(s)	Middleborough Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	BAT: 8, 12
Construction
Parking	546 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	September 26, 1997[1]
Closed	June 30, 1959 (former station)
Previous names	Plain Village (former station)[2]
Passengers
2018	334 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Brockton toward South Station Middleborough/​Lakeville Line Bridgewater toward Middleborough/​Lakeville
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Brockton toward Boston Boston–​Middleborough Matfield toward Middleborough
Future services Preceding station MBTA Following station Brockton toward South Station South Coast Rail Bridgewater toward Fall River or New Bedford
Location

History

1908 postcard of Campello station

The final section of the Fall River Railroad opened between North Bridgewater and Middleborough opened on December 21, 1846, completing the line between South Braintree and Fall River.^[4][5] Among the initial stations on the line was Plain Village in the southern part of North Bridgewater (which was renamed Brockton in 1874). The village was renamed Campello in 1850, and the station was so renamed soon after.^[6]

A new station building was constructed in 1873–74.^[7][8] A engine house was built near the station in 1881.^[9] New station buildings on both sides of the tracks designed by Bradford Gilbert, as well as a new freight house, were built at Capello around 1896 during the elimination of grade crossings in Brockton.^[10]

Old Colony Division passenger service ended on June 30, 1959. By that time, passengers used a small wooden shelter rather than the abandoned stone station.^[11]

The modern station opened on September 26, 1997, along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines.^[1] The Riverside Avenue entrance to the parking lot was indefinitely closed in September 2023.^[12]

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
2. Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. p. 311. ISBN 0942147022.
3. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
4. "Rail Road". Fall River Monitor. December 26, 1846. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Fall River Railroad (December 24, 1846). "New Notice". Herald of the Times. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Kingman, Bradford (1895). History of Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1656–1894. D. Mason & Company. pp. 20 – via Internet Archive.
7. Tenth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1873. p. 8.
8. Eleventh Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1874. p. 6.
9. Eighteenth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1881. p. 6.
10. Snow, F. Herbert; Rollins, James W. Jr. (1895). "III. Abolition of Grade Crossings in the City of Brockton". Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies. Vol. 14. pp. 435–446.
11. Liljestrand, Robert A. (2005). The New Haven Railroad's Old Colony Division: Volume 2. Bob's Photo. pp. 19, 20.
12. "Alerts: Middleborough/Lakeville Line". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. September 5, 2023. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023.

External links

Media related to Campello station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Campello