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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 during the restoration of Old Colony Lines service. Like all stations on the Old Colony Lines, Kingston station is fully accessible.
Plymouth station closed on April 5, 2021, with the line renamed the Kingston Line. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] As part of that schedule change, the regional rail -style service introduced in November 2020 was resumed on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line and added on the Kingston Line. [ 19 ]
Because Plymouth did not want trains running through upscale residential areas near the downtown area [citation needed], Plymouth station is located in Cordage Park, a commercial and light industrial park in North Plymouth. The rest of the Plymouth/Kingston Line and the Middleborough/Lakeville Line opened for rush hour service on September 29 ...
The Kingston Line and Middleborough/Lakeville Line are often grouped together as the Old Colony Lines. The lines vary in length from the 9.2-mile (14.8 km) Fairmount Line to the 62.9-mile (101.2 km) Providence/Stoughton Line, with typical lengths in the 25–40-mile (40–64 km) range. [ 3 ]
The following stations had MBTA-subsidized service at one point, but are no longer served by the MBTA. Most were closed between 1967 and 1981, as four limited-service lines and a number of low-ridership stations were dropped.
Present location of Halifax station on the Kingston Line Kingston: Silver Lake 29.9 (48.1) Also called Plympton Kingston: 33.3 (53.6) Junction with South Shore Branch: Plymouth: Cordage: 35.4 (57.0) Originally named North Plymouth and later Seaside Present location of Plymouth station on the Kingston Line Plymouth: 37.4 (60.2)
Whitman station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Whitman, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is located off South Avenue . Parking is available on the south side of South Avenue on both sides of the tracks. The station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 26, 1997.
Line completed 0.5-mile (0.8 km) from South Boston to Boston on June 19, 1847 with the opening of Kneeland Street Station; line between Boston and South Braintree doubled in 1848; line now part of MBTA Red Line to Braintree, MBTA Plymouth commuter rail Line, ending in North Plymouth Whitman to Bridegwater Junction June 21, 1847 6.2 mi or 10.0 km