Windsor Gardens station

Windsor Gardens
An outbound train at Windsor Gardens station in December 2012
General information
Location	Engamore Lane Norwood, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°10′19″N 71°13′11″W / 42.17189°N 71.21973°W / 42.17189; -71.21973
Line(s)	Franklin Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	March 29, 1971[1]
Passengers
2018	257 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Walpole toward Forge Park/495 Franklin/​Foxboro Line Norwood Central toward South Station Foxboro Terminus
Location

Windsor Gardens station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Franklin/Foxboro Line station in southern Norwood, Massachusetts. The station has a single side platform serving a single track; it is not accessible. The only entrance to the station is from an adjacent apartment complex; use of the station is not restricted to residents of the complex, though there is no public parking.

A station serving the South Norwood area was opened on the Norfolk County Railroad in 1849, with two more added on a separate line in 1892. The three stations closed in 1938 as part of the 88 stations case. The line became part of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in the 1960s and 1970s. Windsor Gardens station opened on March 29, 1971, to serve the apartment complex, which opened in 1962.