Church Street station (MBTA)

Church Street
Church Street station near completion in December 2023
General information
Location	387 Church Street New Bedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°40′29″N 70°56′22″W / 41.67472°N 70.93944°W / 41.67472; -70.93944
Line(s)	New Bedford Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform (planned)
Tracks	2
Connections	SRTA: 221[1]: 51
Construction
Parking	354 parking spaces
Bicycle facilities	22 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	8[2]
History
Opening	May 2025 (planned)
Closed	September 5, 1958 (former station)
Previous names	Acushnet
Passengers
2030	260 weekday boardings (projected)[1]: 66
Planned services
Preceding station MBTA Following station East Taunton toward South Station South Coast Rail New Bedford Terminus
Location

Church Street station is an under-construction MBTA Commuter Rail station located in northern New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is planned to open in May 2025 as part of the first phase of the South Coast Rail project. The station will have a single side platform on the east side of the New Bedford Subdivision, along with a park and ride lot.

The former Acushnet station, located slightly to the north of the modern station site, was served by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and several predecessors until around the 1930s. A site near Kings Highway in northern New Bedford was announced as a potential South Coast Rail station in 2009. Originally to be on the west side of the tracks, the planned station was moved to the east side and renamed North New Bedford in 2019. A construction contract was issued in 2020; that year, the station was again renamed as Church Street.