New Bedford station
New Bedford | |||||||||||||||||||
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An inbound train departing the station in March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 536 Acushnet Avenue New Bedford, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°38′36.23″N 70°55′31.33″W / 41.6433972°N 70.9253694°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | New Bedford Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SRTA: 202, 204, 211 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 150 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 24, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | September 5, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 21, 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Whale's Tooth (during planning) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2030 | 480 weekday boardings (projected): 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
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New Bedford station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It opened on March 24, 2025, as part of the first phase of the South Coast Rail project. It is the southern terminal of the New Bedford Branch of the Fall River/New Bedford Line. The station has a single side platform on the west side of the New Bedford Main Line, along with a park and ride lot. An adjacent footbridge crosses over Route 18.
The New Bedford and Taunton Railroad opened between its namesake cities in July 1840 with an Egyptian Revival station designed by Russell Warren in downtown New Bedford. After several mergers, the line became part of the Old Colony Railroad in 1879 and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893. A new Romanesque station was built in 1886. Passenger service ended in 1958. After over a decade of planning, construction of the modern station began in 2020.