Cohasset (MBTA station)

COHASSET
A train at Cohasset station shortly after opening in 2007
Location	115 Chief Justice Cushing Highway Cohasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′32.64″N 70°50′13.20″W / 42.2424000°N 70.8370000°W / 42.2424000; -70.8370000Coordinates: 42°14′32.64″N 70°50′13.20″W / 42.2424000°N 70.8370000°W / 42.2424000; -70.8370000
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	South Shore Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	410 spaces ($4.00 fee) 10 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	October 31, 2007
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	391 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Nantasket Junction toward South Station Greenbush Line North Scituate toward Greenbush

Cohasset is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Greenbush Line, located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway (Route 3A) west of downtown Cohasset, Massachusetts. The station was opened with the line on October 31, 2007 - the first rail service to Cohasset since 1959. Cohasset station is fully handicapped accessible.

The South Shore Railroad opened as far to Cohasset on January 1, 1849. By 1878, the Old Colony Railroad controlled the entire line.

The Old Colony and successor New Haven Railroad operated four stations in Cohasset: North Cohasset (at Hull Street), King Street, Cohasset (at Pleasant Street) and Beechwood (at Beechwood Street). No station was located at the modern site, which is between populated areas. However, it was the site of the junction with the Whitney Spur, which led to the Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex (open from 1941-1962). The New Haven ended passenger services on Old Colony Division on July 30, 1959.

After the closure of the Annex in 1962, it was acquired by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and converted to Wompatuck State Park beginning in 1969. In 2003, the DCR sold the land for the station and parking lot to the MBTA in exchange for the construction of a rail trail on the former rail spur. The station opened with the rest of the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007. It was intended as a park-and-ride station, with a large parking lot but few pedestrian connections to neighborhoods. The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Whitney Spur Rail Trail opened from the station to the park around the same time.