Norfolk station (MBTA)
Norfolk | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 9 Rockwood Road Norfolk, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°07′13″N 71°19′32″W / 42.1204°N 71.3256°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) |
| ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | GATRA: Medway T shuttle | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | 630 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | c. 1849 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1990 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | North Wrentham | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 875 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||
Norfolk station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Norfolk, Massachusetts, served by the Franklin/Foxboro Line. The station has one platform which serves a single track, with a mini-high section for accessibility. The Norfolk County Railroad opened through the North Wrentham village of Wrentham in 1849. A branch line to Medway was open from 1852 to 1864. The station was renamed Norfolk along with the town in 1870. Several different railroads operated the line, with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad running it for much of the 20th century. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) subsidies began in 1966, and the agency bought the line in 1973. The mini-high platform was added in 1990.
Station layout
Norfolk station is located in the small commercial center of Norfolk, adjacent to the
History
Opening
The
The financial failure of the B&NYC in 1855 led to the trustees of the bondholders of the Norfolk County Railroad taking back control of their line. It was leased to the Boston and Providence from 1855 to 1857, and then to the
Successors
The Norfolk County was leased to the
The line passed to the New York and New England Railroad in 1875, the New England Railroad in 1895, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1898. It was double-tracked through Norfolk in 1882.[7]: 44 By 1915, a single combination depot had replaced the separate station and freight house.[14] The second track was removed in 1941.[15] The original station building and freight house are no longer extant.[16]
MBTA era
The
The MBTA gradually increased service on the
The mini-high platform was added along with a new parking lot in 1990.[19][5] A 1994 study found that the station served surrounding towns including Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, and Wrentham, with only 30% of ridership from Norfolk itself.[20] A planned project to double-track the line, announced in November 2019, would add a second track through the station.[21]
References
- ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ Held, Patrick R. (2010). "Massachusetts Bay Colony Railroad Track Charts" (PDF). Johns Hopkins Association for Computing Machinery. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2013.
- ^ Godwin, Ariel (April 27, 2011). "Inventory of Park-and-Ride Lots at MBTA Facilities". Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization.
- ^ "Norfolk". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c Mavrides, Melanie J. (July 15, 1990). "MBTA Norfolk expansion criticized". Boston Globe West Weekly. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Medway T Shuttle". Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ Cobb, Charles (September 1850). American railway guide, and pocket companion, for the United States. Pathfinder Office. p. 87.
- ^ Walling, Henry Francis (1858). Map of the county of Norfolk, Massachusetts: based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state (Map). 1:40,000. New York: Smith & Bumstead.
- ISBN 9780942147124.
- ^ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Norfolk" (PDF). Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1980. p. 1.
- ^ Snow's Pathfinder Railway Guide. New England Railway Publishing Company. June 1871. p. 7.
- ^ "Norfolk Centre" (Map). Atlas of Norfolk County, Mass. 1:4,800. Comstock & Cline. 1876. p. 104.
- ^ Right of way and track map, the New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co., from Boston to Hudson River, station 1176+60 to station 1229+40, town of Norfolk, state of Mass (Map). 1:1,200. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. June 30, 1915.
- ^ Broomer, Kathleen Kelly (February 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2017.
- ISBN 9780942147087.
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ 1977 Annual Report. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 1977. p. 15 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Notice to Bidders". Boston Globe. June 29, 1990. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Speers, Susan (April 17, 1994). "Norfolk finds train station popular with 'outsiders'". Boston Globe. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FMCB Approves Franklin Line Double Track Phase 2 Work and Phase 3 Preliminary Design Work" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. November 18, 2019.