{{short description|Railway station in Canton, Massachusetts, US}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = MBTA | name = Canton Junction | image = Canton Junction station from Beaumont Street, April 2016.JPG | image_caption = Canton Junction station in April 2016 | address = Beaumont Street at Sherman Street | borough = Canton, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|42.1628|-71.1537|display=inline,title |type:railwaystation_region:US-MA}} | line = {{ubl|Attleboro Line (Northeast Corridor)|Stoughton Branch}} | other = {{ric|MBTA|Bus|name=y}}: {{MBTA bus links|Canton Junction}} | platform = 2 side platforms<br />1 island platform | levels = | tracks = 2 (Northeast Corridor)<br />2 (Stoughton Branch) | parking = 764 spaces ($4.00 fee) | bicycle = | passengers=1,105 daily boardings<ref name=CRcounts>{{MBTA Commuter Rail 2024 ridership}}</ref> | pass_year=2024 | opened = 1835 | closed = | rebuilt = 1892 | accessible = Yes | zone = 3 | former = Canton | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MBTA |line1=Providence/Stoughton|left1=Sharon|right1=Route 128|to-left1=Wickford Junction |line2=Providence/Stoughton|left2=Canton Center|right2=Route 128|to-left2=Stoughton }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=South Coast Rail|left=Canton Center|right=Route 128|note-mid=Phase 2 (2030)}} | other_services2_header = Proposed services | other_services2_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=MBTA|line1=Foxboro event Boston|left1=Sharon|right1=Route 128|note-mid1=1989–1994 |system2=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad|line2=Shore Line Railway (Connecticut)|left2=Sharon|right2=Route 128 |line3=Stoughton Branch|left3=Canton|right3=|to-left3=Stoughton |line4=Fall River|left4=Canton|right4=Route 128|to-left4=Fall River|to-right4=Boston |line5=Fall River|left5=Canton|right5=Route 128|to-left5=New Bedford|to-right5=Boston }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MBTA|rail}} }}

'''Canton Junction station''' is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Canton, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line, and is planned for future service on the South Coast Rail line. It is located slightly north of the Canton Viaduct and west of downtown Canton.

At Canton Junction, the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line splits from the Northeast Corridor and runs southeast to Stoughton, Massachusetts. The Providence section of the line follows the Northeast Corridor south to Providence, Rhode Island and beyond.

==History== thumb|left|The 1893-built station building '''Canton''' station opened with the Boston and Providence Railroad in 1835; the Stoughton Branch Railroad opened in early 1845. Around 1879, South Canton station was renamed Canton to reflect its position nearer the village center, while Canton station was renamed '''Canton Junction'''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/reportboarddire01limigoog/page/n117 |title=Report of the Board of Directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation for the Year Ending September 30, 1879 |page=8 |publisher=Boston and Providence Railroad |year=1879}}</ref>

The current station building was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Construction was begun by the Old Colony Railroad in 1892. It became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in March 1893; the new station opened on April 19.<ref name=depots>{{cite book |title=A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses |last=Roy |first=John H. Jr. |publisher=Branch Line Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780942147087 |page=137}}</ref>

From 1989 to 1994, Boston–{{bts|Foxboro}} trains for events at Foxboro Stadium operated over the Northeast Corridor, with intermediate stops including Canton Junction.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94244374/the-boston-globe/ |title=The latest words from the streets |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=September 18, 1989 |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |first=Jerry |last=Ackerman}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94091470/the-boston-globe/ |title=How to get to the game |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=December 4, 1994 |page=63 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Boston–Foxboro service was rerouted over the Franklin Line in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94091398/the-boston-globe/ |title=How to get to the game |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=September 10, 1995 |page=93 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The massive footbridge, built around 2000, showed significant rust and damage to concrete by 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thecantoncitizen.com/2015/08/07/canton-junction-conditions/ |title=Frustrations mount over conditions at Canton Junction |date=August 7, 2015 |newspaper=Canton Citizen |first=Jay |last=Turner |access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref> Keolis (the commuter rail contract operator) began major repairs on the footbridge in 2016; however, the company failed to obtain the proper building permits. Construction was suspended in March 2017 with the western ramp and stairs still closed; passengers had to detour on foot over the Spaulding Street bridge to access the Providence-bound platform and the Jackson Street parking lot.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325193839/http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/?ttype=cr&route=Providence%2FStoughton+Line |archive-date=March 25, 2017 |title=Commuter Rail Service Alerts: Providence/Stoughton Line |date=March 18, 2017 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |url=http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/?ttype=cr&route=Providence%2FStoughton+Line#details}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619001734/http://town.canton.ma.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=364 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |title=Canton Junction Ramp |date=June 10, 2017 |publisher=Town of Canton |url=http://town.canton.ma.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=364 |access-date=June 10, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Construction resumed in July 2017 and was completed in August.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722054008/http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/?ttype=cr&advistory=true&route=Providence%2FStoughton+Line |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |title=Commuter Rail Service Alerts: Providence/Stoughton Line |date=July 20, 2017 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |url=http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/?ttype=cr&route=Providence%2FStoughton+Line}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{cite book | last=Galvin | first=Edward D. | title=A History of Canton Junction | date=1987 | location=Brunswick, Maine | publisher=Distributed by Sculpin Publications | oclc=17939563 | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcantonj00galv/page/n0}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Canton Junction station}} *[http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=37 MBTA - Canton Junction] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.163742,-71.1535&spn=0.003937,0.013518&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.163742,-71.1535&panoid=i7uiAw5YtaOVy-ajado8Cw&cbp=12,194.5,,0,-4.07 Station from Google Maps Street View]

Category:Stations on the Northeast Corridor Category:MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Category:Rail junctions in the United States Category:Former Old Colony Railroad stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1835 Category:1835 establishments in Massachusetts Category:Buildings and structures in Canton, Massachusetts

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