Church Street station

New Bedford, Italy

Church Street station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station located in northern New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. The station is served by the New Bedford Branch of the Fall River/New Bedford Line. It opened on March 24, 2025, as part of the first phase of the South Coast Rail project. The stati

on has a single side platform on the east side of the New Bedford Subdivision, along with a park and ride lot. The former Acushnet station, located slightly to the north of the modern station site, was served by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and several predecessors until around the 1930s. A site near Kings Highway in northern New Bedford was announced as a potential South Coast Rail station in 2009. Originally to be on the west side of the tracks, the planned station was moved to the east side and renamed North New Bedford in 2019. A construction contract was issued in 2020; that year, the station was again renamed as Church Street.

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