Hanson station is an

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track on 12 lines to 142 stations. It ...

station in

Hanson, Massachusetts Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Part of Greater Boston, Hanson is located 20 miles (32 km) south of Boston and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,639 at the 2020 census ...

, served by the

Kingston Line The Kingston Line is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs southeast from Boston to Kingston with eight intermediate stops. Plymouth station, which served as a second outer ...

. It is located off Main Street (

Massachusetts Route 27 Route 27 is a south–north state highway in eastern Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at Massachusetts Route 106, Route 106 in Kingston, Massachusetts, Kingston and its northern terminus is at Massachusetts Route 4, Route 4 in Chelms ...

) in the South Hanson village. It has one full-length high-level platform serving the line's single track and is fully accessible.

History

The

Old Colony Railroad The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, ...

opened through South Hanson in November 1845, with Hanson station located at Main Street. The station burned two weeks later, and an exact replica was constructed. The station was renamed South Hanson on June 24, 1878. A new wooden station building was constructed that year; it was split in half in 1886 and a new middle section added. The original station was converted to a freight house and may have survived as late as the 1990s. 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 principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to 1968. Founded by the merger of ...

ended its remaining Old Colony Division service, including commuter service to South Hanson, on June 30, 1959. The former station building remains intact, though unused. On September 29, 1997, the

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

restored commuter rail service on the

Plymouth/Kingston Line The Kingston Line is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs southeast from Boston to Kingston, Massachusetts, Kingston with eight intermediate stops. Plymouth station (MBTA), ...

and

Middleborough/Lakeville Line The Fall River/New Bedford Line (formerly the Middleborough/Lakeville Line) is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs south from Boston to Taunton, where it splits into branches ...

. Hanson station was opened at the former South Hanson station site.

References

External links

MBTA – Hanson
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1845 Hanson, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub