Holbrook/Randolph station

Holbrook/Randolph
An outbound train at Holbrook/Randolph station in June 2017
General information
Location	Union Street and Center Street Randolph, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°9′23″N71°1′38″W / 42.15639°N 71.02722°W / 42.15639; -71.02722
Line(s)	Middleborough Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	MBTA bus: 238,  240
Construction
Parking	369 spaces ($4.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	September 29, 1997
Previous names	Holbrook
Passengers
2018	473 (weekday average boardings) [1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Braintree toward South Station Fall River/​New Bedford Line Montello toward Fall River or New Bedford
Former services Preceding station Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Following station Braintree Terminus Braintree-Hyannis 1984–1988 Brockton toward Hyannis or Falmouth Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Braintree Highlands toward Boston Boston–​Middleborough Service ended 1959 Avon toward Middleborough
Location

Holbrook/Randolph station (also signed as Randolph/Holbrook) is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the border of Holbrook and Randolph, Massachusetts. It is served by the Fall River/New Bedford Line.

History

Postcard view of Holbrook station

The Fall River Railroad opened in phases in 1845–46. The section between Braintree and Randolph opened on August 28, 1846; it was extended to North Bridgewater by October, with through service to Fall River beginning in December 1846. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Randolph station was located between the villages of Randolph Centre and East Randolph. ^[5]

After the 1866 opening of the Dighton and Somerset Railroad, which passed directly through Randolph Centre with a station there, the existing Randolph station was renamed East Randolph. ^{[6] [7]} On February 29, 1872, East Randolph separated from Randolph to become Holbrook. ^[8] The station was renamed Holbrook in March. ^[9] A new freight house was built in 1883. ^[10]

Holbrook station closed on June 30, 1959, when all remaining Old Colony Division service was discontinued. From 1984 to 1988, the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad stopped near the current station site. ^{[11] [12]} Holbrook/Randolph station opened in September 1997. ^[13]

References

1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
2. "Fall River Rail Road". Fall River Monitor. August 29, 1846. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Fall River Railroad (November 14, 1846). "Winter Arrangement". Fall River Monitor. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Rail Road". Fall River Monitor. December 26, 1846. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Walling, Henry Francis (1858). Map of the county of Norfolk, Massachusetts (Map). ca. 1:40,000. Smith & Bumstead.
6. Old Colony and Newport Railway (July 30, 1866). "Summer Arrangement. Commencing April 9, 1866". Boston Evening Transcript. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Old Colony and Newport Railway (October 9, 1866). "New Line Open to Newport, via Randolph, Stoughton, North Easton, Raynham, TAUNTON, Dighton and Somerset. To Take Effect September 24, 1866". Boston Evening Transcript. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Cook, Louis Atwood (1918). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 410.
9. "Late News Items". Fall River Daily Evening News. March 29, 1872. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Twentieth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1883. p. 7.
11. Pillsbury, Fred (June 30, 1984). "Passenger train service to Cape Cod begins anew: Hyannis, Falmouth—All aboard!". The Boston Globe. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Spring Schedule, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad, May 27, 1988 – via Wikimedia Commons
13. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.

External links

Media related to Holbrook/Randolph station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Holbrook/Randolph