North Quincy (MBTA station)

North Quincy is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Red Line, located off Hancock Street (Route 3A) in the North Quincy neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. A major park-and-ride stop, it has over 1200 parking spaces for commuters. It also serves as a minor bus terminal, with five MBTA Bus routes stopping at the south end of the station. The station is fully handicapped accessible.It opened in 1971 along with Wollaston and Quincy Center as the first section of the South Shore Line section of the Red Line. It is the only of the four Red Line stations in Quincy not located at a former Old Colony Railroad station site; the Old Colony served Atlantic and Norfolk Downs stations short distances away.HistoryThe Old Colony Railroad opened through Quincy in November 1845. Several local stations were added in Quincy, including Atlantic at Atlantic Avenue (now Sagamore Street). In 1848, the Old Colony built its Gravel Branch from Atlantic to Montclair, but abandoned in the next year. In 1871 it was rebuilt, extended, and connected to the Granite Railway as the Granite Branch. Norfolk Downs station at Billings Road was added in the 1890s when the surrounding marshland was filled and developed.