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Kingston Station (MBTA)
Kingston station (formerly Kingston/Route 3) is an MBTA Commuter Rail serving the Plymouth/Kingston Line, located off of Massachusetts Route 3 south of downtown Kingston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1997. Like all stations on the line, Kingston station is MBTA accessibility, fully accessible. The station consists of a single side platform serving the single track. Marion Drive, the access road for the station parking lot, crosses the line at grade just east of the platform. The List of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority yards, Kingston layover yard is located just west of the station. History The Old Colony Railroad's Kingston station was located in downtown Kingston off Summer Street (Massachusetts Route 3A, Route 3A). The original station was replaced in 1889. It was the southern terminus of the Greenbush Line, South Shore Line until 1938. Boston–Plymouth service ended in 1959, though the station is still extant and used as a restaurant. The station was built to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Massachusetts
Kingston is a coastal town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,708 at the 2020 census. History Before European settlers arrived, Kingston was within the tribal homeland of the Wampanoag people. Several years before the ''Mayflower'' had landed in Plymouth, during the Native American epidemic of 1616 to 1619, the Wampanoag population was severely damaged from a rapidly spreading pandemics due to earlier contacts with Europeans. Several ancient Native American burial sites have been located within the borders of Kingston. Originally part of Plymouth, Kingston was first settled by Europeans shortly after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1620. It was settled once more in 1635. During 1675, several bloody battles during King Philip's War are believed to have occurred within Kingston's borders and the residence of Governor Bradford, which is now part of Kingston, was raided by Wampanoag warriors. In 1685, the area was placed withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |