List of Old Colony Railroad stations
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Map of O.C.R.R. lines, 1893
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 | ![]() |
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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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