List of Old Colony Railroad stations
The following is a list of historic Old Colony Railroad (OCRR) 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 the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or Amtrak are indicated within the notes column.
All stations are located in the state of Massachusetts unless otherwise noted.
Central Division
Boston to Plymouth
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | Kneeland Street Station | 0.0 (0.0) | Boston terminus later moved to South Station in 1899 by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |
South Boston | ||||
Crescent Avenue | ||||
Savin Hill | Now served by Red Line | |||
Harrison Square | Junction with Shawmut Branch | |||
Neponset | Junction with Dorchester and Milton Branch | |||
Quincy | Atlantic | Junction with Granite Branch, two blocks north of North Quincy Red Line station | ||
Norfolk Downs | ||||
Wollaston Heights | Now Wollaston, served by Red Line | |||
Quincy | Now Quincy Center, served by Red Line, Greenbush Line, and Old Colony Lines | |||
Quincy Adams | Originally named South Quincy, now served by Red Line | |||
Braintree | Braintree | Junction with South Shore Branch | ||
South Braintree | Junction with Middleborough-Fall River main line, site is now a shopping plaza | |||
Weymouth | South Weymouth | |||
Abington | North Abington | Junction with Hanover Branch; station building is now a restaurant | ||
Abington | Now served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | |||
Whitman | Whitman | Junction with Abington and Bridgwater Branch; now served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | ||
Hanson | North Hanson | |||
South Hanson | Now served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | |||
Halifax | Halifax | Now served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | ||
Kingston | Silver Lake | |||
Kingston | Junction with South Shore Branch; station building is now a restaurant | |||
Plymouth | Cordage | Originally named North Plymouth and later Seaside; now Plymouth, served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | ||
Plymouth |
Shawmut Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | Harrison Square | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line | ||
Fields Corner | Now served by Red Line | |||
Shawmut | Now served by Red Line | |||
Ashmont | Now served by Red Line | |||
Cedar Grove | Junction with Dorchester and Milton Branch; located south of current Red Line station |
Dorchester and Milton Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | Neponset | |||
Granite Bridge | Junction with Shawmut Branch | |||
Milton | Milton | Originally named Milton Mills; now served by Mattapan Trolley | ||
Central Avenue | Now served by Mattapan Trolley | |||
Boston | Mattapan | Now served by Mattapan Trolley | ||
Granite Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Quincy | Atlantic | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line | ||
Milton | East Milton | |||
Quincy | West Quincy | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line just north of Braintree station |
South Shore Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Braintree | Braintree | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line | ||
East Braintree | ||||
Weymouth | Weymouth | Now Weymouth Landing/East Braintree, served by Greenbush Line | ||
Weymouth Heights | ||||
East Weymouth | Now served by Greenbush Line | |||
Hingham | West Hingham | Now served by Greenbush Line | ||
Hingham | ||||
Old Colony House | Junction with Nantasket Beach Branch; now Nantasket Junction, served by Greenbush Line | |||
North Cohasset | ||||
Cohasset | King Street | |||
Cohasset | ||||
Beechwood | ||||
Scituate | North Scituate | Now served by Greenbush Line | ||
Egypt | ||||
Scituate | ||||
Greenbush | Now served by Greenbush Line | |||
Marshfield | East Marshfield | |||
Sea View | ||||
Marshfield Centre | ||||
Marshfield | ||||
Webster Place | ||||
Duxbury | Duxbury | |||
South Duxbury | ||||
Island Creek | ||||
Kingston | Kingston | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line |
Nantasket Beach Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hingham | Old Colony House | Junction with South Shore Branch; now Nantasket Junction, served by Greenbush Line | ||
Hull | Nantasket | |||
Surfside | ||||
Irvington | ||||
Kenberma | ||||
Strawberry Hill | ||||
Bay Side | ||||
Allerton | ||||
Windermere | ||||
Stony Beach | ||||
Hull | ||||
Pemberton |
Hanover Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abington | North Abington | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line; station building is now a restaurant | ||
Rockland | Rockland | |||
Hanover | West Hanover | |||
South Hanover | ||||
Hanover Four Corners |
Whitman to Bridgwater Junction
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Whitman | Whitman | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line; now served by Kingston/Plymouth Line | ||
Washington Street | ||||
East Bridgewater | Browns Station | |||
East Bridgewater | ||||
Elmwood | ||||
West Bridgewater | Westdale | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line |
Plymouth and Middleborough Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plymouth | Plymouth | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line | ||
Darby | ||||
Carver | North Carver | |||
Middleborough | East Middleborough | |||
Middleborough | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River, Cape Cod and Taunton lines; future station to be served by South Coast Rail and Middleborough/Lakeville Line |
South Braintree to Fall River
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Braintree | South Braintree | Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line, site is now a shopping plaza | ||
Mayflower Park | Junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line, also known as Braintree Highlands | |||
Holbrook | Holbrook | Now served by Middleborough/Lakeville Line | ||
Avon | Avon | |||
Brockton | Montello | Now served by Middleborough/Lakeville Line | ||
Brockton | Now served by Middleborough/Lakeville Line and CapeFlyer | |||
Campello | Now served by Middleborough/Lakeville Line | |||
West Bridgewater | Matfield | Junction with Easton Branch | ||
Westdale | Junction with Whitman Branch | |||
Bridgewater | Bridgewater | Station building is now a Burger King restaurant | ||
Titicut | ||||
Middleborough | Middleborough | Junction with Cape Cod, Taunton, and Plymouth branches; future station to be served by South Coast Rail and Middleborough/Lakeville Line | ||
Lakeville | Lakeville | |||
Berkley | Myricks | Junction with Taunton-New Bedford Branch | ||
Freetown | Assonet | |||
Crystal Spring | ||||
Fall River | Steep Brook | |||
Bowenville | junction with Warren Branch; future Fall River station to be served by South Coast Rail | |||
Fall River Wharf | Fall River Line wharf, on spur from main line | |||
Ferry Street | Future Battleship Cove station to be served by South Coast Rail |
Mayflower Park to Fall River
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Braintree | Mayflower Park | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line; also known as Braintree Highlands | ||
Randolph | Randolph | |||
Stoughton | North Stoughton | |||
Stoughton | Junction with Boston and Providence Railroad Stoughton Branch; now served by Providence/Stoughton Line | |||
Easton | North Easton | |||
Easton | junction with Easton Branch | |||
Raynham | Raynham | junction with Whittenton Branch | ||
Taunton | Dean Street | Future Taunton station to be served by South Coast Rail | ||
Weir Junction | ||||
Weir Village | ||||
North Dighton | ||||
Dighton | Dighton | |||
Somerset | Somerset | |||
Fall River | Somerset Junction | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line |
Fall River to Newport
State | Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MA | Fall River | Ferry Street | Future Battleship Cove station to be served by South Coast Rail | ||
RI | Tiverton | Tiverton | |||
Portsmouth | Bristol Ferry | ||||
Coal Mines | |||||
Portsmouth Grove | |||||
Newport | Middletown | ||||
Newport | Served by heritage Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad |
Easton Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Middleborough | Middleborough | 0 (0) | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River, Cape Cod, and Plymouth lines; future station to be served by South Coast Rail and Middleborough/Lakeville Line | |
Lakeville | Turnpike | 2.0 (3.2) | ||
North Lakeville | 2.9 (4.7) | |||
Taunton | Chage's | 3.8 (6.1) | ||
East Taunton | 5.8 (9.3) | |||
Cotley Junction | 7.9 (12.7) | Not a station - junction with Taunton and New Bedford lines |
Cape Cod Division
Middleborough to Provincetown
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Middleborough | Middleborough | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River, Taunton, and Plymouth branches; future station to be served by South Coast Rail and Middleborough/Lakeville Line | ||
Rock Village | 39.3 (63.2) | |||
South Middleborough | 41.5 (66.8) | |||
Wareham | West Wareham | 45.3 (72.9) | Junction with Fairhaven Branch; also known as Tremont | |
South Wareham | 47.0 (75.6) | |||
Parker Mills | ||||
Wareham | 49.1 (79.0) | Now Wareham Village, served by CapeFlyer | ||
Tempest Knob | 51.1 (82.2) | |||
East Wareham | Previously named Agawam, later Onset | |||
Bourne | Buzzards Bay | 54.4 (87.5) | Junction with Woods Hole Branch; originally named Cohasset Narrows, now served by CapeFlyer and heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad | |
Bourne | Originally named Monument, now served by CapeFlyer | |||
Bournedale | 58.1 (93.5) | |||
Sandwich | Sagamore | 59.6 (95.9) | Served by the heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad | |
Sandwich | 62.0 (99.8) | |||
East Sandwich | ||||
Barnstable | West Barnstable | 69.2 (111.4) | Served by the heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad | |
Barnstable | 72.8 (117.2) | |||
Yarmouth | Yarmouth | 75.4 (121.3) | Junction with Hyannis Branch; also known as Yarmouthport | |
Bass River | 79.7 (128.3) | Also known as South Yarmouth | ||
Dennis | South Dennis | 81.0 (130.4) | ||
Harwich | North Harwich | 82.6 (132.9) | ||
Harwich | 84.4 (135.8) | Junction with Chatham Branch | ||
Pleasant Lake | 86.3 (138.9) | |||
Brewster | Brewster | 89.2 (143.6) | ||
East Brewster | 91.7 (147.6) | |||
Orleans | Orleans | 94.1 (151.4) | ||
Eastham | Eastham | 97.0 (156.1) | ||
North Eastham | 99.5 (160.1) | |||
Wellfleet | South Wellfleet | 103.8 (167.0) | ||
Wellfleet | 105.7 (170.1) | |||
Truro | South Truro | 108.7 (174.9) | ||
Truro | 110.5 (177.8) | |||
Corn Hill | ||||
North Truro | 113.6 (182.8) | Later named Moorland | ||
Provincetown | Provincetown | 120.3 (193.6) |
Chatham Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Harwich | Harwich | Junction with Cape Cod main line | ||
Harwich Center | ||||
South Harwich | ||||
Chatham | South Chatham | |||
Chatham | historic depot now the Chatham Railroad Museum[2] |
Hyannis Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Junction with Cape Cod main line | ||
Barnstable | Hyannis | Now Hyannis Transportation Center, served by Cape Flyer and heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad | ||
Hyannisport |
Woods Hole Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bourne | Buzzards Bay | Junction with Cape Cod main line; originally named Cohasset Narrows, now served by CapeFlyer and heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad | ||
Monument Beach | ||||
Pocasset | ||||
Cataumet | ||||
Falmouth | North Falmouth | Junction Camp Edwards spur | ||
West Falmouth | ||||
Falmouth | ||||
Woods Hole |
Martha's Vineyard Railroad
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oak Bluffs | Oak Bluffs | |||
Edgartown | Edgartown | |||
Katama | ||||
South Beach |
Fairhaven Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wareham | West Wareham | Junction with Cape Cod main line; also known as Tremont | ||
Marion | Marion | |||
Mattapoisett | Mattapoisett | |||
Fairhaven | Fairhaven |
Taunton and New Bedford lines
Mansfield to New Bedford
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mansfield | Mansfield | Junction with Boston and Providence line; current MBTA Commuter Rail station | ||
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 | |||
Cotley Junction | Not a station - junction with Middleborough–Taunton branch | |||
Berkley | Myricks | Junction with South Braintree-Fall River main line | ||
Freetown | East Freetown | |||
Braleys | ||||
New Bedford | Acushnet | Planned site of Church Street station | ||
Mount Pleasant Junction | Junction with Fall River line | |||
New Bedford | ||||
New Bedford Wharf |
New Bedford to Fall River
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Taunton | Junction with Taunton-Mansfield line | |||
Norton | Norton Furnace | |||
Chartley | ||||
Attleborough | Barecroft | |||
Junction with Boston and Providence line |
Northern Division
Mansfield to Fitchburg
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Boston to Providence
State | Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MA | 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 | |||||
RI | Pawtucket | Pawtucket-Central Falls | |||
Broad Street | |||||
Woodlawn | |||||
Providence | Providence | Providence Amtrak/MBTA station relocated in 1986 |
Stoughton Branch
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Canton | Canton Junction | junction with Boston and Providence main line | ||
Canton | Canton Center (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Springdale | Springdale station (Massachusetts) | |||
Stoughton | West Stoughton | |||
Stoughton Central | Stoughton (MBTA station) Commuter Rail stop | |||
Junction with Mayflower Park-Fall River main line |
West Roxbury to Attleborough
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Providence to Bristol
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Location | Station | Mile (km) | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 Archived 2010-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Providence County Atlas, 1895
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