Church Street station (MBTA)
Church Street station is an under-construction MBTA Commuter Rail station located in northern New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is planned to open in mid-2024 as part of the first phase of the South Coast Rail project. The station will have a single side platform on the east side of the New Bedford Subdivision, along with a park and ride lot.
Church Street | |||||||||||
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Church Street station near completion in December 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 387 Church Street New Bedford, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′29″N 70°56′22″W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | New Bedford Subdivision | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform (planned) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | SRTA: 221: 51 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 354 parking spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 22 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opening | mid-2024 (planned) | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 5, 1958 (former station) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Acushnet | ||||||||||
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| 2030 | 260 weekday boardings (projected): 66 | ||||||||||
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The former Acushnet station, located slightly to the north of the modern station site, was served by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and several predecessors until around the 1930s. A site near Kings Highway in northern New Bedford was announced as a potential South Coast Rail station in 2009. Originally to be on the west side of the tracks, the planned station was moved to the east side and renamed North New Bedford in 2019. A construction contract was issued in 2020; that year, the station was again renamed as Church Street.