Forge Park/495 station
Forge Park/495 station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail station served by the Franklin/Foxboro Line. It is located off Route 140 near Interstate 495 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. A park and ride station serving southwestern Boston suburbs and northeastern Rhode Island, it is the outer terminus of the Franklin/Foxboro Line. The station has two side platforms serving a single track, with an accessible mini-high platform and a station building on the south platform.
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Forge Park/495 station in May 2017 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1000 West Central Street Franklin, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.0899°N 71.4390°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Milford Secondary | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 718 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 14 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 2, 1988 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 683 (weekday average boardings) | ||||||||||
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The Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad opened in 1883, with a station built at Unionville soon after. The line was soon acquired by the Milford and Woonsocket Railroad, which became part of the New York and New England Railroad in 1887 and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1898. Service on the line, by then down to a single daily mixed train, ended in 1920. It resumed in 1926 (likely without Unionville station) and lasted until 1938, with a brief revival in 1940.
In 1986, the MBTA agreed to build a new MBTA Commuter Rail station, near the former Unionville site, to serve an industrial park in Franklin. Forge Park/495 station, named for the industrial park and Interstate 495, opened on June 2, 1988. A second parking lot, the mini-high platform, and the station building were added in 1989.