Canton Junction (MBTA station)

CANTON JUNCTION
Canton Junction station building
Location	Beaumont Street & Sherman Street Canton, MA 02021
Coordinates	42°09′46″N 71°09′13″W / 42.1628°N 71.1537°WCoordinates: 42°09′46″N 71°09′13″W / 42.1628°N 71.1537°W
Line(s)	Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	2 (Northeast Corridor) 2 (Stoughton Branch)
Construction
Parking	764 spaces ($4.00 fee) 11 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1892
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,008 (daily inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Sharon toward Wickford Junction Providence/Stoughton Line Route 128 toward South Station Canton Center toward Stoughton

Canton Junction is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton line, located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton, Massachusetts.

At Canton Junction, the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line splits from the Northeast Corridor and runs southeast to Stoughton, Massachusetts. The Providence section of the line follows the Northeast Corridor south to Providence, Rhode Island and beyond.

History

Canton Junction opened with the Boston and Providence Railroad in 1835; the Stoughton Branch Railroad opened in early 1845. The current station building was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and built by the Old Colony Railroad in 1892. It became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad a year later in 1893.^[2]

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. Existing Railroad Stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

External links

• MBTA - Canton Junction
• Media related to Canton Junction (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Station from Google Maps Street View