Halifax station is an
MBTA Commuter Rail
The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track to 141 different stations, with 58 statio ...
station in
Halifax, Massachusetts
Halifax is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,518 at the 2010 census.
History
Halifax was first settled by Europeans, most notably the Bosworth family from Bosworth Fields in England, in 1669, growing ...
. It serves the
Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is located off Holmes Street (
Massachusetts Route 36
Route 36 is a north–south state highway in southeastern Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of ...
) in northeastern Halifax. It opened when service was restored on the
Old Colony Lines
The Old Colony Lines are a pair of branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The two branches operate concurrently for via ...
on September 29, 1997.
It has two tracks and two platforms to allow trains to pass at the station (most of the 1997-opened stations have only one track).
The station was quickly the busiest on the line. The original 281-space lot was expanded by 120–150 spaces around 2000.
The
New Haven Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...
's Halifax station, closed with the rest of the Old Colony Division in 1959, was located on the opposite side of Holmes Street.
References
External links
MBTA - Halifax
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997
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