Framingham station

Framingham
Framingham station in September 2024
General information
Location417 Waverly Street
Framingham, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates42°16′35″N 71°25′6″W / 42.27639°N 71.41833°W / 42.27639; -71.41833
Owned byMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)Worcester Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MWRTA: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Bus transport Greyhound
Construction
Parking166 spaces
Bicycle facilities10 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: FRA
Fare zone5 (MBTA)
History
Opened1834
Rebuilt1848, 1885, 2001
Previous namesSouth Framingham (until January 8, 1915)[1]
Passengers
FY 20232,144 annual boardings and alightings[2] (Amtrak)
20181,130 (weekday average boardings)[3] (MBTA weekday average)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Worcester
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited Boston Back Bay
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Ashland
toward Worcester
Framingham/​Worcester Line West Natick
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Ashland
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Natick
toward Boston
Whitneys
toward Milford
Milford Branch Terminus
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Montwait
toward Fitchburg
Agricultural Branch Terminus
Montwait
toward Lowell
Framingham–Lowell
Terminus Framingham–Mansfield Sherborn
toward Mansfield
Framingham Railroad Station
Framingham station in 1959
Map
Built1885
ArchitectH. H. Richardson
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.75000258[4]
Added to NRHPJanuary 17, 1975

Framingham station is a historic Boston and Albany Railroad station located in downtown Framingham, Massachusetts. Designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson, it was one of the last of the railroad stations he designed in the northeastern United States to be built. The station, built in 1884–85, served as a major stop on the B&A Main Line as well as a hub for branch lines to Milford, Mansfield, Fitchburg, and Lowell. After years of deterioration, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as the Framingham Railroad Station, and restored a decade later.[4]

In 2001, MBTA Framingham/Worcester Line and Amtrak operations were shifted to a new set of platforms nearby, which have high-level sections for handicapped-accessible boarding and a footbridge for crossing the tracks. This new station is among the busiest on the MBTA system, with 41 daily MBTA and 2 Amtrak trains on weekdays. The H. H. Richardson-designed station building remains largely intact and is currently used as a restaurant.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference jacobs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  4. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.