Canton Center (MBTA station)

CANTON CENTER
Canton Center station platform in April 2016
Location	710 Washington Street Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°09′26″N 71°08′47″W / 42.1571°N 71.1463°W / 42.1571; -71.1463Coordinates: 42°09′26″N 71°08′47″W / 42.1571°N 71.1463°W / 42.1571; -71.1463
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	219 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,113 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Stoughton Terminus Providence/Stoughton Line Canton Junction toward South Station Stoughton toward Battleship Cove or Whale's Tooth South Coast Rail Phase 2 2030 (proposed)

Canton Center is a commuter rail station on the MBTA's Providence/Stoughton Line located in Canton, Massachusetts. It is served by most Stoughton Branch service except for evening inbound trains. The station has 1 side platform on the south side of the track west of Washington Street; the platform has a mini-high section for handicapped accessibility.

Canton Center has seen one of the largest relative increases in ridership of any commuter rail station during the MBTA era. Ridership has increased tenfold from 65 daily riders in 1983 to 1,113 in 2013, while overall system ridership roughly tripled during that timeframe. This is in large part due to service increases on the line which began on March 12, 1984 as mitigation for construction work on the Southeast Expressway.

Canton Center station is proposed to be reconstructed as part of Phase 2 of the South Coast Rail project, which will extend the Stoughton Branch south to several South Coast cities in 2030. A second track will be added through the station to support increased bidrectional service; two full-length low-level platforms will be built, each with two mini-high platforms for handicapped accessibility. No other MBTA station has or is planned to have multiple mini-high platforms on each track; the configuration is designed to accommodate the station's high ridership for speedy boarding while not blocking freight access on the branch.