Hanson station is an

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track to 141 different stations, with 58 statio ...

station in

Hanson, Massachusetts Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Part of Greater Boston, Hanson is located 20 miles (32 km) south of Boston and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,639 at the 2020 census. ...

. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line, It is located off Main Street (

Massachusetts Route 27 Route 27 is a south–north state highway in eastern Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at Route 106 in Kingston and its northern terminus is at Route 4 in Chelmsford. Along the way it intersects several major highways including Rou ...

) in the South Hanson village. It has one full-length high-level platform serving the line's single track and is fully

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History

The

Old Colony Railroad The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, ...

opened through South Hanson in November 1845, with Hanson station located at Main Street. The station burned two weeks later, and an exact replica was constructed. The station was renamed South Hanson on June 24, 1878. The

New Haven Railroad The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...

ended its remaining Old Colony Division service, including commuter service to South Hanson, on June 30, 1959. The former station building remains intact, though unused. On September 29, 1997, the

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

restored commuter rail service on the two

Old Colony Lines The Old Colony Lines are a pair of branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The two branches operate concurrently for via ...

, part of the former Old Colony Railroad system. Hanson station was opened at the former South Hanson station site.

References

External links

MBTA - HansonStation from Google Maps Street View
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1845 {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub