Foxboro (MBTA station)

FOXBORO
The single platform at Foxboro station
Coordinates	42°05′42″N 71°15′41″W / 42.0950°N 71.2615°W / 42.0950; -71.2615Coordinates: 42°05′42″N 71°15′41″W / 42.0950°N 71.2615°W / 42.0950; -71.2615
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Framingham Secondary
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Special
History
Opened	1971
Traffic
Passengers (2005–2006)	1,567 (per event)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Terminus Franklin Line (Special events) Norwood Central toward South Station Mansfield toward T.F. Green Airport Providence/Stoughton Line (Special events) Terminus

Foxboro station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system is currently only used for special events, such as New England Patriots football games, at nearby Gillette Stadium. It lies on a freight line between Mansfield and Framingham known as the Framingham Secondary. The line was part of the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad, Old Colony Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and finally Conrail, until 1999, when it passed to CSX. The line connects to the MBTA's Franklin Line at Walpole and the Providence/Stoughton Line at Mansfield.

Trains come from Boston's South Station via the Franklin Line and from Providence via the Providence/Stoughton Line. Franklin Line trains make stops at Back Bay, Dedham Corporate Center, and Norwood Central. Providence Line trains make stops at South Attleboro, Attleboro, and Mansfield. The service started with the opening of Foxboro Stadium in August 1971; Providence service ended soon but was brought back in 1994.