Plymouth (MBTA station)

PLYMOUTH
Looking inbound from the station's single side platform
Location	385 Court Street Plymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°58′52″N 70°41′25″W / 41.9812°N 70.6903°W / 41.9812; -70.6903Coordinates: 41°58′52″N 70°41′25″W / 41.9812°N 70.6903°W / 41.9812; -70.6903
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Old Colony mainline
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	96 spaces ($4.00 fee) 4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	8
History
Opened	November 29, 1997
Closed	June 30, 1959 (former station)
Previous names	North Plymouth (1873-c. 1880) Seaside (c. 1880 - January 1925) Cordage (January 1925 - June 30, 1959)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	30 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Halifax toward South Station Kingston/Plymouth Line Terminus

Plymouth is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Plymouth/Kingston Line. The station is located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the Cordage Park complex of North Plymouth. Plymouth is one terminus of the MBTA's Kingston/Plymouth Line, along with Kingston station in nearby Kingston, Massachusetts. The Plymouth station provides non-peak and occasional peak along with the Kingston station service to Braintree and as far north as Boston's South Station. Most trains on the line serve only Kingston station; service to and ridership from Plymouth are thus very limited.

A previous station was located at Boundary Lane on the Plymouth/Kingston border, just north of the current site. Built as North Plymouth in 1873, it was renamed to Seaside around 1880 and Cordage in January 1925. The station closed with the rest of the Old Colony Division on June 30, 1959.

Because Plymouth did not want trains running through upscale residential areas near the downtown area, Plymouth station is located in Cordage Park, a commercial and light industrial park in North Plymouth. The rest of the Plymouth/Kingston Line and the Middleborough/Lakeville Line opened for rush hour service on September 29, 1997. Plymouth, with no rush hour trains, did not open until midday and weekend service began on November 29, 1997.

Due to a FY 2013 budget shortfall and claims of low ridership by the MBTA, weekend service to the South Shore (and two other lines) was discontinued in July 2012. MassDOT and the MBTA subsequently received substantial feedback from rail commuters and legislative representatives to reinstate weekend service to those lines. In 2014, funding was reallocated to the FY 2015 state budget (for a trial period) and weekend service resumed on the (formerly) suspended lines on 27 December 2014. Prior to the return of weekend service on the Kingston/Plymouth Line, the MBTA held special weekend service to Plymouth for 2 weekends leading up to the 2014 Thanksgiving holiday. The two trains per day were intended only for tourists going to Plymouth; they did not run on schedules allowing day trips to Boston.