Foxboro station
Foxboro station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Foxborough, Massachusetts, located adjacent to Gillette Stadium and the Patriot Place shopping center. The station has a single side platform serving the main track of the Framingham Secondary. It is the terminus of a branch of the Franklin/Foxboro Line service, and is served by trains from Boston via the Franklin/Foxboro Line and from Providence via the Providence/Stoughton Line (Northeast Corridor) during events at Gillette Stadium.
Foxboro Station | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The single platform at Foxboro station in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Patriot Place near U.S. Route 1 Foxborough, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.0950°N 71.2615°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Framingham Secondary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 15, 1971 (event service) October 21, 2019 (regular service) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 112–133 daily boardings | |||||||||||||||||||
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Previous passenger service on the line ran from 1870 to 1933, with several stations in Foxborough. Special service for New England Patriots games and other stadium events ran from 1971 to 1973, then resumed in 1986. Regular weekday service to the station via the Franklin Line was studied in 2010 and proposed in 2014. A pilot program of service was announced in 2017, and ten daily round trips began operation in October 2019. The pilot was suspended in November 2020, but four midday round trips resumed on May 23, 2022. A new one-year pilot began on September 12, 2022, and was made permanent in October 2023.