Westborough (MBTA station)

WESTBOROUGH
Westborough station in April 2009
Location	Smith Parkway & Fisher Street Westborough, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′11″N 71°38′50″W / 42.2696°N 71.6473°W / 42.2696; -71.6473Coordinates: 42°16′11″N 71°38′50″W / 42.2696°N 71.6473°W / 42.2696; -71.6473
Line(s)	Framingham/Worcester Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	WRTA Westborough Commuter Shuttle
Construction
Parking	443 spaces ($4.00 fee) 8 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	4 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	June 22, 2002
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	759 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Grafton toward Worcester Framingham/Worcester Line Southborough toward South Station   Former services   New York Central Railroad North Grafton toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Southville toward Boston North Grafton toward Worcester Worcester Line

Westborough is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, located off Smith Parkway in Westborough, Massachusetts, west of the town center. The station consists of two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. Each side has a small mini-high platform for handicapped access; an overhead ramp structure connects the two platforms.

The Boston and Worcester Railroad (B&W) opened from Boston to Westborough on November 17, 1834, and on to Worcester the next July. The line ran through the town center, with a station east of Main Street.

In 1898, the Boston and Albany Railroad, successor to the B&W, began a project to eliminate dangerous grade crossings in downtown Westborough. 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of new tracks were built north of the downtown area along with a new station. The station was built in a Richardsonian Romanesque style, but designed by a B&A architect rather than the firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge which had designed stations for the B&A until 1894.

On April 24, 1960, the New York Central sharply cut services on the former B&A line. All local stops west of Framingham, including Westborough, were eliminated.Amtrak planned to stop its Bay State at Westborough in 1972, but the stop was never actually put in place. Commuter service to Worcester ended in 1975, replaced by a single daily Amtrak train which did not stop between Framingham and Worcester. The station building was purchased by an abrasives company but largely unused, and fell into disrepair. A local civil engineering firm purchased the station in January 2000 and restored it for use as their offices, which opened in February 2001.