Canton Center station

Canton Center is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Canton, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line, including 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 accessibility.

Canton Center
Canton Center station platform in April 2016
General information
Location	710 Washington Street Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.1571°N 71.1463°W / 42.1571; -71.1463
Line(s)	Stoughton Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	MBTA bus: 716
Construction
Parking	219 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Previous names	South Canton, Canton
Passengers
2018	470 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Stoughton Terminus Providence/​Stoughton Line Canton Junction toward South Station
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Springdale toward Taunton Stoughton Branch Canton Junction Terminus
Proposed services Preceding station MBTA Following station Stoughton toward Battleship Cove or New Bedford South Coast Rail Phase 2 (2030) Canton Junction toward South Station
Location

History

1907 postcard of Canton station

The Stoughton Branch Railroad opened in early 1845. The station near the village center was named South Canton to distinguish it from Canton station on the Boston and Providence Railroad mainline. Around 1879, the branch station was renamed Canton, while the mainline station became Canton Junction.^[2] The Old Colony Railroad constructed a new freight house at Canton in 1891.^[3]

Around 2001, the station was briefly proposed to be closed as part of the South Coast Rail project.^[4]

The station is proposed to be reconstructed as part of Phase 2 of the since-modified project, which will extend the Stoughton Branch south to several South Coast cities in 2030.^[5] Under plans released in 2013, a second track would be added through the station to support increased bidirectional service; two full-length low-level platforms would be built, each with two mini-high platforms for accessibility.^[6] As of 2020^[update], full-length high-level platforms are planned.^[7]

See also

• List of Old Colony Railroad stations

References

1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
2. Report of the Board of Directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation for the Year Ending September 30, 1879. Boston and Providence Railroad. 1879. p. 8.
3. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. September 1891. p. 8.
4. Laidler, John (December 13, 2001). "MBTA offers words of comfort over changes at Canton station". Boston Globe – via Newspapers.com.
5. Laidler, John (June 16, 2017). "Sharp differences over latest plan for South Coast Rail". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
6. "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.
7. "South Coast Rail Route/Service Details". South Coast Rail Route & Service Details as of May 2020. May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

Further reading

• Galvin, Edward D. (1987). A History of Canton Junction. Brunswick, Maine: Distributed by Sculpin Publications. OCLC 17939563.

External links

Media related to Canton Center station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Canton Center
• Station from Washington Street from Google Maps Street View