Sandwich station (Massachusetts)

Sandwich
The current Sandwich station
Location Jarves Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°45′36″N 70°29′32″W / 41.76000°N 70.49222°W / 41.76000; -70.49222Coordinates: 41°45′36″N 70°29′32″W / 41.76000°N 70.49222°W / 41.76000; -70.49222
Owned by MassDOT
Line(s) Cape Main Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Construction
Parking ~20 spaces
History
Opened 1848
Rebuilt 1878
Services
Preceding station   Cape Cod Central Railroad   Following station
Terminus
Cape Cod Central Railroad
toward Hyannis
Former services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New York
Cape Codder
1986–1996
toward Hyannis
Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad
toward Braintree or Attleboro
Braintree-Hyannis
Closed 1988
toward Hyannis

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.

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. The station also saw 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.


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