Fall River station

Fall River or Fall River Depot is a planned MBTA Commuter Rail station in Fall River, Massachusetts. It is planned to serve the South Coast Rail project.[2] The station will be built as part of the state's effort to extend rail service to Fall River and New Bedford. Fall River Station will be built on a line that was once part of the original Fall River Railroad and Old Colony & Newport Railway.

Fall River
Postcard of the former Fall River station
LocationDavol Street, Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°42′49.25″N 71°9′15.90″W
Line(s)Fall River Secondary
Platforms1 side platform (planned)
Tracks2
Connections SRTA: 2[1]
Construction
Parking513 spaces (planned)
Bicycle facilities8 spaces (planned)
Disabled accessYes
History
OpeningNovember 2023 (planned)
ClosedSeptember 5, 1958
Previous namesBowenville
Planned services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Battleship Cove
Terminus
 South Coast Rail Freetown
toward South Station

South Coast Rail

In September 2008, MassDOT released 18 potential station sites for the South Coast Rail project, including Fall River Depot off Davol Street.[3] A 2009 conceptual design called for a single side platform serving the west track, with a second track allowing freight trains to pass the high-level platform; a two-story parking deck would be located on the west side of the tracks.[4] Plans released as part of the Final Environmental Impact Report in 2013 were nearly identical.[5] On June 11, 2010, the state took ownership of the Fall River Subdivision and several other CSX lines as part of a sale agreement.[6]

In 2017, the project was re-evaluated due to cost issues. A new proposal released in March 2017 called for early service via Middleborough by 2024, followed by full service via Stoughton by 2029.[7] The January 2018 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report reconfigured the planned parking lot configuration, with surface lots on both sides of the tracks, as part of the previously planned deck site had been developed for use by a business.[1]:44

The MBTA awarded a $159 million contract for construction of the Fall River Secondary portion of the project, including Fall River station, in May 2020. Service was then planned to begin in November 2023.[8][9] Two former industrial buildings were demolished in 2020 to make room for the station and its parking lot.[10][11]

References
  1. VHB/HNTB (January 31, 2018). "Chapter 2 – Alternatives Analysis". South Coast Rail Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report. Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
  2. http://www.southcoastrail.com/downloads/Fall_River_Depot_Station_Layout.pdf
  3. "South Coast Rail Fact Sheet: October 2008" (PDF). South Coast Rail. October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2017.
  4. "Fall River - Fall River Depot Rail Alternative" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2011.
  5. "Figure 3.2-28 Fall River Depot Station Conceptual Station Design" (PDF). Volume II: FEIS/FEIR Figures Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report on the South Coast Rail Project proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District. August 2013.
  6. "The Massachusetts Rail Program" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. June 2010. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2012.
  7. Dungca, Nicole (March 22, 2017). "State changes gears on Middleborough commuter rail plan". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  8. "South Coast Rail Main Line Construction Contract Approved" (Press release). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. May 11, 2020.
  9. Tabakin, Jennifer (May 11, 2020). "MBTA Construction Contract No. K78CN03: Fall River Secondary Commuter Rail Expansion Project" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  10. Roy, Linda (August 6, 2020). "North End industrial site demolished for commuter rail station". South Coast Today.
  11. Winokoor, Charles (October 7, 2020). "Groundwork being laid for Fall River Depot train station". South Coast Today. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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