Sandwich station (Massachusetts)

Sandwich is a railway station in Sandwich, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is currently only used by the Cape Cod Central Railroad as a whistle stop for its seasonal excursion trains.

For the railway station in Kent, see Sandwich railway station.
Sandwich
The current Sandwich station
LocationJarves Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°45′36″N 70°29′32″W
Owned byMassDOT
Line(s)Cape Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Construction
Parking~20 spaces
History
Opened1848
Rebuilt1878
Services
Preceding station Cape Cod Central Railroad Following station
Buzzards Bay
Terminus
 Main Line West Barnstable
toward Hyannis
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Buzzards Bay
toward New York
 Cape Codder
1986–1996
 West Barnstable
toward Hyannis
Preceding station Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad Following station
Buzzards Bay
toward Braintree or Attleboro
 Braintree-Hyannis
Closed 1988
 West Barnstable
toward Hyannis

History
The 2nd Sandwich station building
ca. 1918

The original passenger station in Sandwich was opened in May 1848 when the Cape Cod Branch Railroad extended its rail line from Middleborough to Sandwich.[1]

The original station was replaced by a brick station building in 1878.[1] It was demolished in the 1980s.

Scheduled year-round passenger service was operated to Sandwich from 1848 until June 30, 1959 when the New Haven Railroad discontinued all passenger service on its Old Colony division. During the summers of 1961 to 1964 the New Haven Railroad operated weekend service between New York and Hyannis, with a scheduled stop in Sandwich. New Haven trains of the 1930s-1960s included the Day Cape Codder, Neptune and Night Cape Codder, in addition to several trains a day year round to Boston.

The station also saw a restoration of seasonal service between 1984 and 1988 when the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad operated service between Braintree, Massachusetts and Cape Cod. The Sandwich station was also used from 1986 to 1996 for Amtrak's Cape Codder service.[1] However, it has been eliminated from the schedule of the seasonal Cape Flyer train service initiated in 2013.

Cape Cod Central Railroad

Sandwich station currently serves as a whistle stop for select tourist excursion trains operated by Cape Cod Central Railroad,[2] and also serves as the "turning point" for trains traveling to Mill Creek in Sandwich.[3]

See also

References
  1. Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 151. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. "Cape Cod Train Routes & Stations". Cape Cod Central Railroad. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  3. "Cape Cod Canal Day Excursion Train". Cape Cod Central Railroad. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
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