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Kingston station (formerly Kingston/Route 3) is an MBTA Commuter Rail serving the Plymouth/Kingston Line, located off of Massachusetts Route 3 south of downtown Kingston, Massachusetts. It opened in 1997 during the restoration of Old Colony Lines service. Like all stations on the Old Colony Lines, Kingston station is fully accessible.
Plymouth station is a closed MBTA Commuter Rail station in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It served the Plymouth/Kingston Line and was located in the Cordage Park complex of North Plymouth . Plymouth was one terminus of the MBTA's Kingston/Plymouth Line, along with Kingston/Route 3 station in nearby Kingston, Massachusetts .
Plymouth station closed on April 5, 2021, with the line renamed the Kingston Line. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] As part of that schedule change, the regional rail -style service introduced in November 2020 was resumed on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line and added on the Kingston Line. [ 19 ]
Service on the Old Colony Lines (Middleborough/Lakeville Line and Kingston/Plymouth Line) began in 1997. Newburyport and Rowley opened in 1998. [ 30 ] The MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility , which replaced the ex-B&M Boston Engine Terminal, was completed in 1998.
The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to 1973; a number of stations closed in 1965–1967 before service to them was subsidized, of which 26 have not reopened.
The MBTA also currently operates commuter rail service over portions of the former Old Colony Railroad network, including its Providence/Stoughton Line and portions of the Needham Line. The MBTA also restored service on the Plymouth/Kingston Line and Middleborough/Lakeville Line in the 1990s, and the Greenbush Line (part of the South Shore ...
Present location of Halifax station on the Kingston Line Kingston: Silver Lake 29.9 (48.1) Also called Plympton Kingston: 33.3 (53.6) Junction with South Shore Branch: Plymouth: Cordage: 35.4 (57.0) Originally named North Plymouth and later Seaside Present location of Plymouth station on the Kingston Line Plymouth: 37.4 (60.2)
Kingston is the terminus of the Kingston line of the MBTA's Commuter Rail system. [6] Local transit is provided by GATRA, with the SAIL link from the train station through to Duxbury, Marshfield and Pembroke, and the Freedom and Liberty links to Plymouth.