Norwood Central station


Norwood Central is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Norwood, Massachusetts. It serves the Franklin Line, and is located slightly south of downtown Norwood. It is a major park-and-ride location for Boston's southwest suburbs; with 1,041 daily riders it is the busiest station on the line outside Boston. Norwood Central has two side platforms, each with a mini-high section making the station accessible.

History

The Norfolk County Railroad opened from Dedham to Walpole on April 23, 1849. South Dedham was originally the only station in what is now Norwood. Dedham Middle station, a small wooden building, was added around 1852. It was renamed Norwood Central in 1872 when Norwood separated from Dedham.
A new one-story brick station building was constructed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1899. It was similar to no-longer-extant stations built around the same time at Forest Hills, Atlantic, Quincy, and Warren. Unusually, the downspouts are built into the brickwork rather than affixed internally.
Norwood Central is still served by the MBTA Commuter Rail Franklin Line, but the station building is now occupied by businesses.