It is located adjacent to the BAT Centre, the primary hub for Brockton Area Transit Authority local bus service.

In the 1890s, Brockton was the site of the state's first major grade crossing elimination program, which included the construction of a massive stone viaduct and a pair of station buildings designed by Bradford Gilbert.

After two decades of planning, the modern station was opened for commuter rail service by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1997.

The northern section of the Fall River Railroad was extended south from Randolph to North Bridgewater around October 1846.

[5][6] The first North Bridgewater station was a one-story structure located south of Center Street on the west side of the railroad tracks.

[5][15] The railroad was a key part of the town's burgeoning shoe industry and rapid growth, which caused Brockton's population to double from 1877 to 1887.

[18] The small local cost provided towns incentive to petition for crossing eliminations to prevent public thoroughfares from being blocked by trains.

Frequent delays for fire engines responding to calls caused higher insurance rates and lower land values in the eastern part of the city.

[6] The Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners approved the grade separation project on April 21, 1894, allowing construction to proceed.

[16] A pair of stone passenger stations were constructed north of Centre Street in Brockton, with a pedestrian tunnel connecting the two buildings.

[25][27] The finished project, with its stone stations and bridges, was well-received; a number of other cities modeled their grade separation efforts on Brockton's success.

He said that the railroad company would never again be induced to engage in such an elaborate expenditure in a like undertaking.Passenger rail service around Boston began declining in the 1920s, starting with branch lines.

[28] After the completion of the parallel Southeast Expressway, remaining passenger service on the Old Colony Division was ended by the New Haven Railroad on June 30, 1959.

On January 27, 1973, the MBTA purchased most of Penn Central's commuter rail rights-of-way in southeastern Massachusetts, including the Middleborough main line from Braintree to Campello.

[32] From 1984 to 1988, Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad seasonal commuter and excursion service stopped in Brockton at the former station site.

[39] In December 2001, the state congressional delegation secured $1 million to support construction of a parking garage at the bus terminal.