Taunton station (Amtrak)
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Taunton station was a passenger rail station located south of Oak Street in downtown Taunton, Massachusetts. As Taunton Central station, it served local and Boston-focused routes from 1836 to 1964. A later station at the same site served Amtrak's Cape Codder from 1986 to 1996, and Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad commuter trains in 1988.
History
Taunton Central station
The
The line passed to the
Year-round NH passenger service to Taunton ended in 1958.
Amtrak and CC&HRR
A new station nearby was built for Amtrak's Cape Codder service from 1986 to 1996. Located off Oak Street next to the GATRA Bloom Bus Terminal (where a ticket counter was located), the station consisted of a single bare asphalt platform serving the single track.[7]
As of 2014[update] the 1980s-built platform is still extant, though partially covered by vegetation, and the old ticket window could be seen in the Bloom Bus Station that served as the terminal, until a renovation in 2015.
South Coast Rail
At several times during the
When planning was restarted in 2005, alternatives through Attleboro and Stoughton were considered. The Stoughton alternate chosen in 2009 included two possible routing options, one following the former Whittenton Branch which would have a station at the Oak Street location. This would have provided convenient transfers to GATRA bus services, but resulted in longer travel times as the Whittenton Branch includes several major curves.[10]
The Final Environmental Impact Statement, released in 2013, selected a route further east with
References
- ^ ISBN 0942147022.
- ^ "City of Taunton". Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts. Walling & Gray. 1871 – via Ward Maps.
- ^ "City of Taunton". Atlas of Massachusetts. Walker Lithograph & Publishing Co. 1891 – via Ward Maps.
- ^ New Haven timetable, April 24, 1955, Tables 19, 29 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/New_Haven_Railroad_1955_timetable.pdf
- ^ "Court Vacates Crossing Order". Boston Globe. August 10, 1926. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The New Haven Railroad, Table 6a". Official Guide of the Railways. 94 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1961.
- ^ Amtrak (1 April 1990). "National Train Timetables". Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 9. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ Belcher, Jonathan (23 March 2013). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (September 1995). "Environmental Notification Form: Volume I" (PDF). New Bedford/Fall River Commuter Rail Project. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ South Coast Rail (21 August 2009). "Downtown Taunton Engineering Layout" (PDF). EOT. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Figure 3.2-32 Dana Street Station Conceptual Station Design" (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 8 December 2014.
Further reading
- Frattasio, Marc J.; Sullivan, Michael (2021). "Taunton, Massachusetts: The Silver City Part 1". Shoreline. Vol. 43, no. 2. New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association. pp. 6–37.
- Frattasio, Marc J.; Sullivan, Michael (2021). "Taunton, Massachusetts: The Silver City Part 2". Shoreline. Vol. 43, no. 3. New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Association. pp. 6–39.
External links
- Media related to Taunton station (Amtrak) at Wikimedia Commons