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on the state's circumferential highways that decade. By March 1986, the MBTA had agreed to build a new station with a 1,000-car garage on the
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Franklin Line. Built at a total cost of $ 10 million (equivalent to $ 22 million in 2023), it had a 381-space surface parking lot rather than the originally planned garage. Later that month, the MBTA board approved
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mile (0.80 km) to the east. The station has two side platforms serving a single track — a layout unique on the MBTA system – to provide access from parking lots on both sides of the track. A mini-high platform on the south platform makes the station
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A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses
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mini-high platform and a station building on the south platform.
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for the extension, with the possibility of future purchase.
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station was built soon afterwards at Central Street in the
796:. November 21, 1883. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
1085:"Franklin rail line could expand to Milford and Hopedale"
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Milford Commuter Rail Extension Feasibility Study – Draft
1049:"MBTA board OK's rebuilding of 9 stations on Blue Line"
864:. June 28, 1938. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
846:. June 12, 1926. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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778:. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 43–46.
701:"Inventory of Park-and-Ride Lots at MBTA Facilities"
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746:(2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 370–372.
703:. Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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826:"Railroad Station, Unionville, Massachusetts"
604:. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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518:The 1989-added accessible mini-high platform
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1029:. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
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840:"New Summer Trains for Cape Cod Service"
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1113:. City of Woonsocket. Archived from
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911:Yudis, Anthony J. (March 2, 1986).
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913:"Two Developers Discover Franklin"
715:"Ridership and Service Statistics"
52:Forge Park/495 station in May 2017
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1108:"Commuter Rail Feasibility Study"
1066:Humphrey, Thomas J. (July 1997).
968:Ackerman, Jerry (March 8, 1989).
889:. February 22, 1940. pp. 1,
883:"New Haven Must Open 32 Stations"
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458:New York and New England Railroad
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359:New York and New England Railroad
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450:Milford and Woonsocket Railroad
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602:"2018 Commuter Rail Counts"
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1004:"Political Notebook"
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