Bridgewater station is an

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station in

Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bridgewater is a town located in Plymouth County, in the state of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town's population was 28,633. Bridgewater is located approximately south of Boston and approximately 35 miles east ...

on the

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. It is located on the east end of the

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campus along the Middleborough Main Line.

History

The Fall River Railroad opened through Bridgewater in 1846. The former Bridgewater station, designed by New York architect

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, is located in Bridgewater proper, is now a

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restaurant. It served as a train station until 1959, then again from 1984 to 1988 as a stop on the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. The modern station opened on September 29, 1997, along with the rest of the Middleborough/Lakeville and Plymouth/Kingston Lines.

References

External links

MBTA - Bridgewater
Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997 {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub