Halifax station (MBTA)
Halifax is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Halifax, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is located off Holmes Street (Massachusetts Route 36) in northeastern Halifax. It opened when service was restored on the Old Colony Lines on September 29, 1997.[1] It has two tracks and two platforms to allow trains to pass at the station (most of the 1997-opened stations have only one track).
Halifax | ||||||||||||
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 Halifax station in January 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 6 Garden Road, Halifax, Massachusetts | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′53″N 70°49′27″W | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Plymouth Branch | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Parking | 412 spaces ($2.00 fee) | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | |||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | September 29, 1997[1] | |||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1959 (former station) | |||||||||||
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| 2018 | 276 (weekday average boardings)[2] | |||||||||||
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The station was quickly the busiest on the line.[3] The original 281-space lot was expanded by 120–150 spaces around 2000.[4][5]
The New Haven Railroad's Halifax station, closed with the rest of the Old Colony Division in 1959, was located on the opposite side of Holmes Street.[6]
References
- Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
- Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- Preer, Robert (March 28, 1999). "Around the towns". Boston Globe. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- Preer, Robert (November 21, 1999). "MBTA set to expand station parking". Boston Globe. pp. 21, 32 – via Newspapers.com.
- Kandarian, Paul A. (November 12, 2000). "Parking grind at rail stations". Boston Globe. pp. 15, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Town of Halifax, Mass". Atlas of Plymouth County Massachusetts. 1879 – via Ward Maps.
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