Framingham station

Framingham
Modern station platforms and pedestrian bridge, opened in 2001
General information
Location	417 Waverly Street Framingham, Massachusetts United States
Coordinates	42°16′35″N 71°25′6″W / 42.27639°N 71.41833°W / 42.27639; -71.41833
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Worcester Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MWRTA: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 Greyhound
Construction
Parking	166 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: FRA
Fare zone	5 (MBTA)
History
Opened	1834
Rebuilt	1848, 1885, 2001
Previous names	South Framingham (until January 8, 1915)[1]
Passengers
FY 2023	2,144 annual boardings and alightings[2] (Amtrak)
2018	1,130 (weekday average boardings)[3] (MBTA weekday average)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Worcester toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Boston Back Bay toward Boston South Preceding station MBTA Following station Ashland toward Worcester Framingham/​Worcester Line West Natick toward South Station
Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Ashland toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Natick toward Boston Whitneys toward Milford Milford Branch Terminus Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Montwait toward Fitchburg Agricultural Branch Terminus Montwait toward Lowell Framingham–Lowell Terminus Framingham–Mansfield Sherborn toward Mansfield
Framingham Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Framingham station in 1959
Built	1885
Architect	H. H. Richardson
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	75000258[4]
Added to NRHP	January 17, 1975

Framingham station is a historic Boston and Albany Railroad station located in downtown Framingham, Massachusetts. Designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson, it was one of the last of the railroad stations he designed in the northeastern United States to be built. The station, built in 1884–85, served as a major stop on the B&A Main Line as well as a hub for branch lines to Milford, Mansfield, Fitchburg, and Lowell. After years of deterioration, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as the Framingham Railroad Station, and restored a decade later.^[4]

In 2001, MBTA Framingham/Worcester Line and Amtrak operations were shifted to a new set of platforms nearby, which have high-level sections for handicapped-accessible boarding and a footbridge for crossing the tracks. This new station is among the busiest on the MBTA system, with 41 daily MBTA and 2 Amtrak trains on weekdays. The H. H. Richardson-designed station building remains largely intact and is currently used as a restaurant.