Yarmouth station (Massachusetts)
Yarmouth station was a railroad station in the Yarmouth Port section of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
Yarmouth | |||||||||||||||||||
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The second Yarmouth station around 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Railroad Avenue at Cross Street Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°41′55″N 70°15′30″W / 41.69861°N 70.25833°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cape Cod Main Line, Hyannis Secondary | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1878, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History Edit
The original station was built in the village of Yarmouth Port when the Cape Cod Railroad extended its line from Sandwich to Hyannis in 1854.[1] In December 1865, the Cape Cod Central Railroad opened a branch from Yarmouth to Orleans, which was later extended to Provincetown.[2] It was destroyed by a fire on November 17, 1878; the Old Colony Railroad built a replacement.[1]
A branch from Harwich to Chatham opened in 1887; Yarmouth–Chatham service ran until 1931.[3][2] Service past Yarmouth to Provincetown ended with the 88 stations case on July 17, 1938, with a brief revival in mid-1940.[2] Yarmouth station was again destroyed by fire in 1941; the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad built a brick replacement.[1] It served year-round Boston–Hyannis trains until June 30, 1959, and New York–Hyannis trains including the Day Cape Codder and Neptune until 1964.[2] This station was torn down around 1975 to make room for the warehouse of Yarmouth-based Christmas Tree Shops.[4]
References Edit
- ^ a b c Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 155. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
- ^ a b c d Karr, Ronald Dale (2017). The Rail Lines of Southern New England (2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 408–414. ISBN 9780942147124.
- ^ Karr, Ronald Dale (2010). Lost Railroads of New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 121, 153. ISBN 9780942147117.
- ^ Pegnato, Fred (January 1, 2010). "Yarmouth, Mass. in the Penn Central Days". Retrieved 1 April 2013.
Further reading Edit
- Sokolosky, William C. (1975). A history of railroads in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Yarmouth Port, Mass.: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. OCLC 2072448.
External links Edit
Media related to Yarmouth station at Wikimedia Commons