Wickford Junction (MBTA station)
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WICKFORD JUNCTION
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Platform at Wickford Junction in June 2012
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| Location | 1011 Ten Rod Road North Kingstown, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°34′51″N 71°29′29″W / 41.5808°N 71.4914°WCoordinates: 41°34′51″N 71°29′29″W / 41.5808°N 71.4914°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RIDOT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (two main and one platform siding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | RIPTA: 65X, 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 1100 spaces ($4.00 fee) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 20 spots (free) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1844, April 23, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1981 (former station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Main tracks (but not platform siding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (Q1 2017) | 292 daily boardings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wickford Junction is a commuter rail station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States on the Northeast Corridor, extending the Providence/Stoughton Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail south from Providence. It serves local commuters to Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. The new station, which opened on April 23, 2012, has a large park and ride garage and was part of a $336 million project that also included the new T. F. Green Airport station. A former station on the site served mainline trains from 1844 to 1981, as well as the Wickford Branch from 1870 to 1925.
In 1844, seven years after the Rhode Island section of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad opened, a small station was placed at Wickford. The Newport & Wickford Railway & Steamship Line opened in 1870 as a branch from the mainline to Wickford Landing, where wealthy riders would board steamships to Newport. A new station named Wickford Junction was built in 1871 at a cost of $8,000, with a $3,500 addition sixteen years later. The station burned and was replaced by a smaller structure around 1890. Passenger service ended on the branch in 1925, though some mainline service continued to stop.
The station building was torn down in 1969, leaving just the stone foundation, which was later filled with gravel. The pedestrian overpass was moved in 1971 to Route 128 station, where it remained until the station was rebuilt in 2000. The station, by then just bare platforms, was served by a state-subsidized Providence-to-Westerly commuter train starting in 1972, and later by Amtrak's Beacon Hill from 1978 to 1981. After the Beacon Hill was discontinued, the station closed.
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