page_title: Mansfield station (MBTA)
section_title: Declining service
hierarchical_section_title: Mansfield station (MBTA) / History / Declining service
caption_attribution_description: English: Mansfield station in March 1985. The "temporary" station built in 1955 served until 2004.
context_page_description: Mansfield is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Located in downtown Mansfield, it serves the Providence/Stoughton Line. With 1,966 weekday boardings in a 2018 count, Mansfield is the third-busiest station on the system outside Boston.
  With mini-high platforms on both tracks, Mansfield is fully accessible. Large parking lots are available west of the tracks, with limited parking including accessible spots next to the station building east of the tracks.
context_section_description: Service to Framingham ended in 1933. South Coast service was switched back to via Mansfield in 1937 though New Bedford service was once again changed to via Stoughton in 1950. In 1955, the New Haven Railroad raised the tracks through Mansfield to eliminate grade crossings; the branch to Taunton was severed and all South Coast service ran via Stoughton until it was cut three years later. A 'temporary' wooden station was built, which became permanent as the New Haven fell into financial crises.
  Mansfield was briefly served by a small number of Amtrak intercity trains around 1972.
caption: The 1955-built "temporary" station in 1985
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