North Quincy (MBTA station)

NORTH QUINCY
The south end of the station viewed from the parking garage in 2016
Location	Hancock Street at West Squantum Street Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′33″N 71°01′49″W / 42.2758°N 71.0302°W / 42.2758; -71.0302Coordinates: 42°16′33″N 71°01′49″W / 42.2758°N 71.0302°W / 42.2758; -71.0302
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	1206 spaces ($5.00 daily) 18 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	43 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1971
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	6,975 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station JFK/UMass toward Alewife Red Line Braintree Branch Wollaston toward Braintree

North Quincy station is an MBTA rapid transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line. It is located in North Quincy, off Hancock Street (Route 3A). A major park-and-ride stop, it has over 1200 parking spaces for commuters. It also serves as a minor bus terminal, with five MBTA Bus routes stopping at the south end of the station. The station is fully handicapped accessible.

It opened in 1971 along with Wollaston and Quincy Center as the first section of the South Shore Line section of the Red Line. It is the only of the four Red Line stations in Quincy not located at a former Old Colony Railroad station site; the Old Colony served Atlantic and Norfolk Downs stations short distances away.

The Old Colony Railroad opened through Quincy in November 1845. Several local stations were added in Quincy, including Atlantic at Atlantic Avenue (now Sagamore Street). In 1848, the Old Colony built its Gravel Branch from Atlantic to Montclair, but abandoned in the next year. In 1871 it was rebuilt, extended, and connected to the Granite Railway as the Granite Branch.Norfolk Downs station at Billings Road was added in the 1890s when the surrounding marshland was filled and developed.

The Old Colony switched from English-style left-hand running to American-style right-hand running in 1893 when it was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Unlike nearby Wollaston, Atlantic station was already on the east side of the tracks and was not moved.