FOXBORO
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![]() The single platform at Foxboro station
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Coordinates | 42°05′42″N 71°15′41″W / 42.0950°N 71.2615°WCoordinates: 42°05′42″N 71°15′41″W / 42.0950°N 71.2615°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | MBTA | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Framingham Secondary | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | Special | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1971 | |||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2005–2006) | 1,567 (per event) | |||||||||||||||
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Foxboro station, also known as Gillette Stadium station, is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It is currently used only for special events at nearby Gillette Stadium, primarily New England Patriots games. It lies on a freight line between Mansfield and Framingham, known as the Framingham Secondary. The line was part of the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad, Old Colony Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Penn Central, and, finally, Conrail, until 1999, when it passed to CSX. The line connects to the MBTA's Franklin Line at Walpole and the Providence/Stoughton Line at Mansfield.
Trains come from Boston's South Station via the Franklin Line and from T. F. Green Airport station in Warwick, Rhode Island via the Providence/Stoughton Line. Franklin Line trains make stops at Back Bay, Dedham Corporate Center/128, and Norwood Central. Providence/Stoughton Line trains make stops at Providence, South Attleboro, Attleboro, and Mansfield. The service started with the opening of Foxboro Stadium in August 1971; Providence service ended soon but was brought back in 1994.