List of Old Colony Railroad stations
The following is a list of Historic Old Colony Railroad Stations, at the time of the 1893 lease by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and shortly after.[1] City/town include current town name, some of which were incorporated after 1893. Stations currently used by MBTA or Amtrak are indicated within the notes column.
Central Division
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Boston to Plymouth | Boston | Kneeland Street Station | 0 | Boston terminus later moved to South Station in 1899 by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |
South Boston | |||||
Crescent Avenue | |||||
Savin Hill | Savin Hill (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Harrison Square | Junction with Shawmut Branch | ||||
Neponset | Junction with Dorchester and Milton Branch | ||||
Quincy | Atlantic | Junction with West Quincy Branch; North Quincy (MBTA station) Red Line stop located two blocks south of historic Atlantic Station | |||
Norfolk Downs | |||||
Wollaston Heights | Wollaston (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Quincy | Quincy Center (MBTA station) Red Line and Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Quincy Adams | Quincy Adams (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Braintree | Braintree | junction with South Shore Branch; Braintree (MBTA station) Red Line and Commuter Rail stop (located midway between former O.C.R.R. Braintree and South Braintree stations) | |||
South Braintree | junction with Middleborough-Fall River main line; site now occupied by a shopping plaza | ||||
Weymouth | South Weymouth | ||||
Abington | North Abington | historic station now a restaurant | |||
Abington | Abington (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Whitman | Whitman | Whitman (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Hanson | North Hanson | ||||
South Hanson | Hanson (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Halifax | Halifax | Halifax (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Kingston | Silver Lake | ||||
Kingston | Kingston / Route 3 (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located on spur south of historic station | ||||
Plymouth | Seaside | Commuter Rail stop located in North Plymouth | |||
Plymouth | Plymouth (MBTA station) | ||||
Shawmut Branch | Boston | Harrison Square | |||
Fields Corner | Fields Corner MBTA station | ||||
Shawmut | Shawmut (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Ashmont | Ashmont (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Cedar Grove | Junction with Dorchester and Milton Branch, south of Cedar Grove Station; Cedar Grove (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Dorchester and Milton Branch | Boston | Neponset | |||
Granite Bridge | |||||
Milton | Milton | Milton (MBTA station) Red Line stop | |||
Central Avenue (Lower Mills) | Central Avenue (MBTA station) Red Line stop | ||||
Boston | Mattapan | Mattapan (MBTA station) Red Line stop | |||
Granite Branch | Quincy | Atlantic | |||
Milton | East Milton | ||||
Quincy | West Quincy | junction with Plymouth main line just north of Braintree station | |||
South Shore Branch (Braintree to Kingston) | Braintree | Braintree | junction with Boston-Plymouth main line | ||
East Braintree | |||||
Weymouth | Weymouth | Weymouth Landing/East Braintree (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
North Weymouth | |||||
East Weymouth | East Weymouth (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located just across Weymouth Back River from historic station location | ||||
Hingham | West Hingham | West Hingham (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located just south of historic station location | |||
Hingham | |||||
Old Colony House | Junction with Nantasket Beach Branch; Nantasket Junction (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
North Cohasset | Cohasset (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located between historic North Cohasset and King Street stations | ||||
Cohasset | King Street | ||||
Cohasset | |||||
Beechwood | |||||
Scituate | North Scituate | North Scituate (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Egypt | |||||
Scituate Harbor | |||||
Greenbush | Greenbush (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Marshfield | East Marshfield | ||||
Sea View | |||||
Marshfield Centre | |||||
Marshfield | |||||
Webster Place | |||||
Duxbury | Millbrook | ||||
South Duxbury | |||||
Island Creek | |||||
Kingston | Kingston | Junction with Plymouth main line | |||
Nantasket Beach Branch | Hingham | Old Colony House | Junction with South Shore Branch; Nantasket Junction (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||
Hull | Nantasket | ||||
Surfside | |||||
Irvington | |||||
Kenberma | |||||
Strawberry Hill | |||||
Bay Side | |||||
Allerton | |||||
Windermere | |||||
Stony Beach | |||||
Hull | |||||
Pemberton | |||||
Hanover Branch | Abington | North Abington | |||
Rockland | Rockland | ||||
Hanover | West Hanover | ||||
South Hanover | |||||
Hanover Four Corners | |||||
Abington and Bridgewater Branch | Whitman | Whitman | |||
Washington Street | |||||
East Bridgewater | Browns Station | ||||
East Bridgewater | |||||
Elmwood | Spur line to South Braintree line | ||||
Plymouth and Middleborough Branch | Plymouth | Plymouth | |||
Carver | North Carver | ||||
Middleborough | East Middleborough | ||||
Middleborough | junction with South Braintree-Fall River line; Middleborough/Lakeville (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located south of historic station location on branch to Cape Cod | ||||
South Braintree to Fall River | Braintree | South Braintree | junction with Boston-Plymouth main line; site now occupied by a shopping plaza | ||
Mayflower Park (Braintree Highlands) | junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line | ||||
Holbrook | Holbrook | Holbrook/Randolph (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Avon | Avon | ||||
Brockton | Montello | Montello (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Brockton | Brockton (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Campello | also known as Keith; Campello (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
West Bridgewater | Matfield | Junction with Easton Branch | |||
Westdale | spur to Whitman Branch | ||||
Bridgewater | Bridgewater | Bridgewater (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located south of historic O.C.R.R. station, now a Burger King | |||
Titicut | |||||
Middleborough | Middleborough | junctions with Cape Cod, Taunton and Plymouth Branches; Middleborough/Lakeville (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located south of historic station location on branch to Cape Cod | |||
Lakeville | Lakeville | ||||
Berkley | Myricks | Junction with Taunton-New Bedford branch | |||
Freetown | Assonet | ||||
Crystal Spring | |||||
Fall River | Somerset Junction | junction with Mayflower Park-Somerset main line (no station) | |||
Bowenville | junction with Warren Branch; also known as "Fall River Station" | ||||
Central Street | spur to steamboat wharfs | ||||
Ferry Street | |||||
Mayflower Park to Fall River | Braintree | Mayflower Park | also known as Braintree Highlands | ||
Randolph | Randolph | ||||
Stoughton | North Stoughton | ||||
Stoughton | |||||
Stoughton Junction | junction with Stoughton Branch to Boston and Providence Railroad | ||||
Easton | North Easton | ||||
Easton | junction with Easton Branch to West Bridgewater | ||||
Raynham | Raynham | junction with Whittenton Branch | |||
Taunton | Dean Street | ||||
Weir Junction | |||||
North Dighton | |||||
Dighton | Dighton | ||||
Somerset | Somerset | ||||
Fall River | Somerset Junction | junction with Fall River-South Braintree main line | |||
Fall River to Newport | Fall River | Ferry Street | |||
Tiverton | Tiverton | ||||
Portsmouth | Bristol Ferry | ||||
Coal Mines | |||||
Portsmouth Grove | |||||
Newport | Newport Park | ||||
Newport | |||||
Easton Branch (Easton to West Bridgewater) | Easton | Easton | junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line | ||
South Easton | |||||
Sequosett | |||||
West Bridgewater | Cocheset | ||||
West Bridgewater | |||||
Matfield | junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line | ||||
Middleborough to Taunton | Middleborough | Middleborough | junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line; Middleborough/Lakeville (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located south of historic station location on branch to Cape Cod | ||
Lakeville | Lakeville | ||||
Taunton | East Taunton | junction with Taunton-New Bedford line |
Cape Cod Division
See also: List of railroad stations on Cape Cod
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Middleborough to Provincetown | Middleborough | Middleborough | junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line; Middleborough/Lakeville (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located south of historic station location on branch to Cape Cod | ||
Rock Village | 39.3 | ||||
South Middleborough | 41.5 | ||||
Wareham | West Wareham | 45.3 | also known as Tremont; junction with Fairhaven Branch | ||
South Wareham | 47.0 | ||||
Parker Mills | |||||
Wareham | 49.1 | ||||
Tempest Knob | 51.1 | ||||
East Wareham | also known as Agawam until 1885, and later as Onset | ||||
Bourne | Buzzards Bay | 54.4 | junction with Woods Hole Branch; originally known as Cohasset Narrows | ||
Bourne | 55.4 | originally known as Monument | |||
Bournedale | 58.1 | originally known as North Sandwich | |||
Sandwich | Sagamore | 59.6 | originally known as West Sandwich | ||
Sandwich | 62.0 | ||||
East Sandwich | also known as Spring Hill | ||||
Barnstable | West Barnstable | 69.2 | |||
Barnstable | 72.8 | ||||
Yarmouth | Yarmouth | 75.4 | also known as Yarmouthport; junction with Hyannis Branch | ||
South Yarmouth | 79.7 | Also known as Bass River | |||
Dennis | South Dennis | 81.0 | |||
Harwich | North Harwich | 82.6 | |||
Harwich | 84.4 | junction with Chatham Branch | |||
Pleasant Lake | 86.3 | ||||
Brewster | Brewster | 89.2 | |||
East Brewster | 91.7 | ||||
Orleans | Orleans | 94.1 | |||
Eastham | Eastham | 97.0 | |||
North Eastham | 99.5 | ||||
Wellfleet | South Wellfleet | 103.8 | |||
Wellfleet | 105.7 | ||||
Truro | South Truro | 108.7 | |||
Truro | 110.5 | ||||
North Truro | 113.6 | ||||
Provincetown | Provincetown | 120.3 | |||
Chatham Branch | Harwich | Harwich | |||
Harwich Center | |||||
South Harwich | |||||
Chatham | South Chatham | ||||
Chatham | Chatham | historic depot now the Chatham Railroad Museum[2] | |||
Hyannis Branch | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | |||
Barnstable | Hyannis | ||||
Hyannisport | demolished in 1930s | ||||
Woods Hole Branch | Bourne | Buzzards Bay | |||
Monument Beach | |||||
Pocasset | |||||
Cataumet | |||||
Falmouth | North Falmouth | junction with line to Camp Edwards | |||
West Falmouth | |||||
Falmouth | |||||
Woods Hole | |||||
Martha's Vineyard Railroad | Oak Bluffs | Oak Bluffs | |||
Edgartown | Edgartown | ||||
Katama | |||||
South Beach | |||||
Fairhaven Branch | Wareham | West Wareham | |||
Marion | Marion | ||||
Mattapoisett | Mattapoisett | ||||
Fairhaven | Fairhaven |
Taunton and New Bedford lines
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Mansfield to New Bedford | Mansfield | Mansfield | junction with Boston and Providence line; Mansfield (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||
Norton | Norton | historic depot now a private residence | |||
Taunton | Cranes | ||||
Attleborough Junction | Junction with Taunton-Attleborough Branch | ||||
Whittenton | Junction with Whittenton Branch | ||||
Taunton Central | site now a shopping plaza | ||||
Weir Junction | Junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line | ||||
Junction with Middleborough branch | |||||
Berkley | Myricks | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line | |||
Freetown | East Freetown | ||||
New Bedford | Braleys | ||||
Acushnet | |||||
Mount Pleasant Junction | Junction with Fall River line | ||||
New Bedford | |||||
Marine Terminal | |||||
New Bedford to Fall River | New Bedford | Mount Pleasant | near junction with Taunton-New Bedford line | ||
Dartmouth | North Dartmouth | ||||
Hicksville | |||||
Westport | Westport Factory | located at Highland Road | |||
Hemlock | |||||
North Westport | |||||
Fall River | Flint Village | located at Quequechan Street | |||
Watuppa | located at what is now Plymouth Avenue | ||||
Taunton to Attleborough | Taunton | Junction with Taunton-Mansfield line | |||
Norton | Norton Furnace | ||||
Chartley | |||||
Attleborough | Barecroft | ||||
Junction with Boston and Providence line |
Northern Division
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Mansfield to Fitchburg | Mansfield | Mansfield | junction with Boston and Providence line; Mansfield (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||
Foxborough | Foxborough | ||||
North Foxborough | Foxboro (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located north of historic station site | ||||
Walpole | South Walpole | crosses Wrentham-Dedham line | |||
Walpole | crosses New York and New England Railroad main line | ||||
Medfield | Medfield | ||||
Sherborn | South Sherborn | ||||
Framingham | South Framingham | line crosses Boston and Albany Railroad main line; Framingham (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located behind historic Boston and Albany station, which is now a restaurant | |||
Lake View | |||||
Framingham | junction with Framingham and Lowell line | ||||
Southborough | Fayville | ||||
Southborough | |||||
Marlborough | Marlborough Junction | junction with short branch to Marlborough | |||
Northborough | Rock Hill | ||||
Northborough | |||||
Berlin | Berlin | ||||
West Berlin | crosses Boston & Maine Central Mass. Division line | ||||
Bolton | Ballville | ||||
Clinton | Lancaster Mills Branch | Junction with Lancaster Mills Branch | |||
Clinton | crosses Boston & Maine Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division line | ||||
Sterling | Pratts Junction | Junction with Fitchburg and Worcester Branch; south to Sterling and Sterling Junction | |||
Leominster | Gates Crossing | ||||
Leominster | |||||
West Leominster | |||||
Fitchburg | South Fitchburg | ||||
Fitchburg | junction with Fitchburg Railroad; Fitchburg (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Framingham to Lowell | Framingham | Framingham | junction with Mansfield-Fitchburg line | ||
North Framingham | |||||
Sudbury | South Sudbury | ||||
Sudbury | |||||
North Sudbury | |||||
Concord | Concord Junction | ||||
Middlesex Junction | |||||
Acton | Acton | ||||
North Acton | Junction with Concord Railroad, Nashua Branch | ||||
Carlisle | Carlisle | ||||
Chelmsford | South Chelmsford | ||||
Chelmsford | |||||
Lowell | Lowell | Junction with Boston and Maine Railroad at Ayers City; Lowell (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop located just north of former junction; historic Lowell B&M station was located further north on Dutton Street |
Boston and Providence Division
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Boston to Providence | Boston | Boston (Park Square) | moved to South Station in 1899 | ||
Crossing of Boston and Albany Railroad | near Dartmouth Street, now site of Back Bay (MBTA station) | ||||
Chickering | Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station) located one block north of historic Chickering station | ||||
Roxbury | now Roxbury Crossing (MBTA station) Orange Line stop | ||||
Heath | now Jackson Square (MBTA station) Orange Line stop | ||||
Boylston | now Stony Brook (MBTA station) Orange Line stop | ||||
Jamaica Plain | now Green Street (MBTA station) Orange Line stop | ||||
Forest Hills | junction with West Roxbury Branch; Forest Hills (MBTA station) Orange Line and Commuter Rail (Needham Line) stop | ||||
Mt. Hope | Closed in 1979 | ||||
Clarendon Hills (Hyde Park) | |||||
Hazelwood (Hyde Park) | |||||
Hyde Park | Hyde Park (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Readville | Readville (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop Franklin Line | ||||
Dedham | Green Lodge | ||||
Canton | Canton Junction | junction with Stoughton Branch; Canton Junction (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Sharon | Sharon | Sharon (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Sharon Heights | |||||
Foxborough | East Foxborough | ||||
Mansfield | Mansfield | junction with Framingham/Taunton branches; Mansfield (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
West Mansfield | |||||
Attleborough | Attleborough | junction with Taunton/North Attleborough branches; Attleboro (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Dodgeville | |||||
East Junction | junction with India Point Branch | ||||
Hebronville | |||||
Pawtucket | Pawtucket-Central Falls | ||||
Broad Street | |||||
Woodlawn | |||||
Providence | Providence | Providence Amtrak/MBTA station relocated in 1986 | |||
Stoughton Branch | Canton | Canton Junction | junction with Boston and Providence main line | ||
Canton | Canton Center (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Springdale | |||||
Stoughton | West Stoughton | ||||
Stoughton Central | Stoughton (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line | |||||
West Roxbury to Attleborough | Boston | Forest Hills | ] | junction with Boston and Providence main line; Forest Hills (MBTA station) Orange Line and Commuter Rail (Needham Line) stop | |
Roslindale | Now Roslindale Village (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Central Station (West Roxbury) | now Bellevue (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Highland | now Highland (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
West Roxbury | now West Roxbury (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Spring Street | |||||
Boston | Dedham | junction with Dedham-Readville Branch | |||
Junction with New York and New England Railroad | |||||
Westwood | Islington | Islington (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Norwood | Ellis | ||||
Railroad Ave | now Norwood Depot (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Norwood Central | Norwood Central (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | ||||
Winslow | junction with New York and New England Railroad | ||||
Walpole | Cedar Junction | junction with Mansfield-Framingham line | |||
Norfolk | Pondville | ||||
Wrentham | Wrentham | ||||
Wampum | |||||
Plainville | Plainville | ||||
North Attleborough | North Attleborough | ||||
Attleborough | Farmers | ||||
Attleborough | junction with Boston and Providence Railroad main line | ||||
India Point Branch | Attleborough | East Junction | junction with Boston and Providence main line | ||
Seekonk | Perrins | ||||
East Providence | Rumford | ||||
Junction with Providence and Worcester line | |||||
Junction with Providence-Bristol line | crosses Seekonk River at India Point; crossing moved north in 1908 with opening of East Side Railroad Tunnel |
Other lines
Line | City/town | Station/Jct. | Milepost | Image | Notes |
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Providence to Bristol | Providence | Providence / India Point | later relocated to Providence Union Station with opening of East Side Railroad Tunnel in 1908. | ||
East Providence | East Providence | junction with India Point Branch[3] | |||
Kettle Point | |||||
Squantum | |||||
Silver Spring | |||||
Union Club | |||||
Pomham Club | |||||
Riverside | |||||
Bullocks Point | |||||
Barrington | Drownsville | ||||
Nyatt | |||||
Barrington | |||||
Warren | Warren | Junction with Warren-Fall River branch | |||
Bristol | Bristol | ||||
Warren to Fall River | Warren | Warren | junction with Providence-Bristol line | ||
Swansea | Coles | ||||
South Swansea | |||||
Somerset | Brayton Point | ||||
Fall River | Bowenville | crosses Taunton River at Slades Ferry Bridge and joins Fall River main line |
References
- ↑ 1891 Massachusetts State Atlas, Geo H Walker & Co
- ↑ Chatham Railroad Museum
- ↑ Providence County Atlas, 1895
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