Wareham Train Station

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WAREHAM

Wareham station in 2013
Station statistics
Address Merchants Way, Wareham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°45′30″N 70°42′53″W / 41.75833°N 70.71472°W / 41.75833; -70.71472Coordinates: 41°45′30″N 70°42′53″W / 41.75833°N 70.71472°W / 41.75833; -70.71472
Line(s) Cape Main Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Parking Yes; shared with nearby businesses
Other information
Opened 1986
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
CapeFLYER
toward Hyannis
    Former service    
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Cape Codder
1986-1996
toward Hyannis
Preceding station   Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad   Following station
Middleborough
toward Braintree
 Braintree-Cape Cod
1984-1988
Buzzards Bay
toward Hyannis or Falmouth
Taunton
toward Attleboro
 Attleboro-Cape Cod
1988
This article is about the train station in Massachusetts. For the train station in Dorset, England, see Wareham railway station.

The Wareham Train Station is located near the intersection of Main Street and Center Street in Wareham, Massachusetts. The current structure, which was built by the town of Wareham in 1985, consists of an open air shelter and a set of restrooms.[1] The station was served by Amtrak's Cape Codder from 1986 to 1996, and the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad from 1984 to 1988.

The CapeFLYER, which operates between South Station and Cape Cod, will stop in Wareham starting in May 2014.[2] A high-level platform may be constructed to make Wareham handicapped accessible like the other CapeFLYER stations, since it was built before the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. (Stations from Middleborough/Lakeville north were built with full-length high level accessible platforms in the mid 1990s, while Buzzards Bay and Hyannis were retrofitted with mini-high platforms for the Cape Cod Central Railroad in 1999).

Current plans call for a 300-foot high-level boarding platform to be built northwest of the current station before the CapeFLYER service resumes in May.[3]

History

Former Wareham Station - ca. 1908

The previous station in Wareham, built by the New Haven Railroad in 1900,[1] was torn down in 1965 when the railroad discontinued its passenger rail service to Cape Cod.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. 143. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6. 
  2. ↑ Rebhan, Jaime (June 16, 2013). "First weekend of Cape train service successful, Wareham stop planned". Wareham Week. Retrieved May 30, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Russell, Caitlin (19 November 2013). "New CapeFlyer platform coming to Wareham". Wareham Village Soup. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 

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