Canton Junction (MBTA station)

CANTON JUNCTION
Canton Junction station in April 2016
Location	Beaumont Street at Sherman Street Canton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°09′46″N 71°09′13″W / 42.1628°N 71.1537°W / 42.1628; -71.1537Coordinates: 42°09′46″N 71°09′13″W / 42.1628°N 71.1537°W / 42.1628; -71.1537
Line(s)	Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	2 (Northeast Corridor) 2 (Stoughton Branch)
Construction
Parking	764 spaces ($4.00 fee) 11 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1892
Previous names	Canton
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,008 (daily inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Sharon toward Wickford Junction Providence/Stoughton Line Route 128 toward South Station Canton Center toward Stoughton

Canton Junction is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line, located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton, Massachusetts.

At Canton Junction, the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line splits from the Northeast Corridor and runs southeast to Stoughton, Massachusetts. The Providence section of the line follows the Northeast Corridor south to Providence, Rhode Island and beyond.

Canton Junction opened with the Boston and Providence Railroad in 1835; the Stoughton Branch Railroad opened in early 1845. The current station building was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and built by the Old Colony Railroad in 1892. It became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad a year later in 1893.