Mansfield (MBTA station)

MANSFIELD
Location	1 Crocker Street Mansfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°02′00″N 71°13′10″W / 42.0334°N 71.2194°W / 42.0334; -71.2194Coordinates: 42°02′00″N 71°13′10″W / 42.0334°N 71.2194°W / 42.0334; -71.2194
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	GATRA: 140
Construction
Parking	806 spaces ($4.00 fee) 9 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	12 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	6
History
Opened	1835
Rebuilt	1955, January 2004
Electrified	11 December 2000
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,707 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Attleboro toward Wickford Junction Providence/Stoughton Line Sharon toward South Station

Mansfield is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line, located in downtown Mansfield, Massachusetts. With 1,707 weekday inbound riders in a 2013 count, Mansfield is the fifth-busiest station on the system.

With mini-high platforms on both tracks, Mansfield is fully handicapped accessible. Large parking lots are available west of the tracks, with limited parking including accessible spots next to the station building east of the tracks.

The Boston and Providence Railroad opened through Mansfield in 1835, with a flat-roofed depot built near the modern station site. The Taunton Branch Railroad opened the next year; through cars operated to New Bedford soon after the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad opened in 1840, though the service was not suitable for commuters until 1885. The Mansfield and Framingham Railroad opened in 1870 as part of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad; it was merged into the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad in 1876 which itself became part of the Old Colony Railroad system in 1883 as the Old Colony's entrance to northern Massachusetts.

Mansfield became a short turn point for some B&P trains in 1885. The Old Colony acquired the B&P in 1888 and subsequently increased Mansfield - New Bedford service which connected with trains to Boston at Mansfield. The Old Colony was absorbed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893, unifying rail service in southeastern Massachusetts under the single operator. After South Station opened in 1899, both Taunton and New Bedford service operated as through trains to Boston via Mansfield. Service to the South Coast began running more often via Stoughton after 1918, and most branch line service via Mansfield except a handful of Taunton locals was cut by 1927.

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