Disabled access Yes Phone +1 617-222-3200 | Opened 1892 | |
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Location Beaumont Street at Sherman Street
Canton, Massachusetts Line(s) Providence/Stoughton Line Platforms 2 side platforms
1 island platform Tracks 2 (Northeast Corridor)
2 (Stoughton Branch) Parking 764 spaces ($4.00 fee)
11 accessible spaces Address Beaumont Street & Sherman Street, Canton, MA 02021, USA Similar Wickford Junction, Route 128 station, Hersey, Hyde Park, Providence station | ||
Canton Junction is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line, located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton, Massachusetts.
At Canton Junction, the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line splits from the Northeast Corridor and runs southeast to Stoughton, Massachusetts. The Providence section of the line follows the Northeast Corridor south to Providence, Rhode Island and beyond.
History
Canton Junction opened with the Boston and Providence Railroad in 1835; the Stoughton Branch Railroad opened in early 1845. The current station building was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and built by the Old Colony Railroad in 1892. It became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad a year later in 1893.