Truro station (Massachusetts)

Truro station was a train station located in Truro, Massachusetts at the west end of Depot Road.

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Truro station on a 1907 postcard
General information
LocationDepot Road, Truro, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°59′30.13″N 70°04′17.49″W / 41.9917028°N 70.0715250°W / 41.9917028; -70.0715250 (Truro station)
Line(s)Cape Main Line
History
Opened1873
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
South Truro
toward Boston
Boston–​Provincetown Corn Hill

History

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Postcard of the December 1909 washout

The station was located on a peninsula in Pamet Harbor, with embankments and bridges crossing inlets both north and south of the station. Tracks on both sides were washed out in the "Christmas Blizzard" of 1909, interrupting rail service to Provincetown for days.[1]

The station was razed when the tracks between Eastham and Provincetown were removed during the early 1960s.

References

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  1. ^ "Badly Washed by the Gale". Boston Globe. December 29, 1909. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.  
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