Cherry Brook station
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Cherry Brook | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Former site of Cherry Brook station in November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Weston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°22′18″N 71°18′29″W / 42.37163°N 71.30816°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Massachusetts Central Railroad Central Massachusetts Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | Before October 9, 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | Unstaffed after 1913, permanently closed November 26, 1971, demolished 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cherry Brook station was a former train station in Weston, Massachusetts, named for the nearby Cherry Brook flowing north-south.[1]: 45
Background
[edit]Cherry Brook station was created by the Massachusetts Central Railroad by 1882. By 1885 the successor Central Massachusetts Railroad provided service, and by 1887 the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) leased the ROW and named it the Central Massachusetts Branch. B&M service was subsidized by the MBTA and added to the MBTA Commuter Rail system in 1965.[2]: 369–371
Never more than a simple shelter, Cherry brook station had various versions in different shapes and sizes. The adjacent underpass at Concord Road was constructed in 1911.[3]
During much of its lifetime, this station was a flag stop, so the train would stop for passengers a piece of metal on top of a pole was rotated. The station was not staffed after 1913, but it continued as a flag stop until November 26, 1971, when service on the Central Mass Branch was terminated due to poor track conditions and low ridership.[2] After years of neglect and vandalism, it was demolished in 1999.[1]: 45
In 2019, a paved section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was built over the section of the ROW the station was built to service.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fox, Pamela W. (Spring 2018). "Weston Historical Society Bulletin Vol XLIX, No.1: 1997: Weston Derails the Rail Trail" (PDF). Weston Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ "Central Massachusetts Railroad - Weston Historical Society". westonhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ MilNeil, Christian (2019-10-01). "A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston's Suburbs". Streetsblog Massachusetts. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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