Weston station is a former railroad station in Weston, Massachusetts. Located off Church Street in the Weston town center, it was originally built by the Massachusetts Central Railroad which constructed it in the board-and-batten style in 1881.[2] By 1885 it was operated by the successor Central Massachusetts Railroad.
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 The disused station building at Weston in November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Church Street Weston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°22′19″N 71°17′36″W / 42.371809°N 71.293365°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Privately owned | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Massachusetts Central Railroad Central Massachusetts Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | November 26, 1971[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station building was reused by a news agency by 1962, by which time it and Kendal Green station had the same private owner.[3] Boston and Maine Railroad service was subsidized by the MBTA and added to the MBTA Commuter Rail system in 1965. The station closed on November 26, 1971, when service on the Central Mass Branch was terminated due to poor track conditions and low ridership.[1]: 369–371, 373 The station was located below grade, with a staircase leading from the Church Street overpass to the station. The station building and staircase are still extant as of 2018[update], but are in disrepair. 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] In 2022, Weston station was listed on the Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resources Program, in an attempt to identify preservation opportunities.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ Fox, Pamela W. (June 18, 2013). "Weston Chronicles: Saga of the Central Mass. Railroad". Wicked Local Weston.
- ^ "Few Trains, But Stations Still Busy". Boston Globe. February 16, 1962. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ MilNeil, Christian (2019-10-01). "A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston's Suburbs". Streetsblog Massachusetts. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- ^ "2022 Endangered". PreservationMA. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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