Sandwich Railroad Station

This article is about the railroad station in Massachusetts. For the railway station in Kent, see Sandwich railway station.
Sandwich Railroad Station

The current Sandwich station
Location Jarves Street, Sandwich
Coordinates 41°45′36″N 70°29′32″W / 41.76000°N 70.49222°W
Owned by MassDOT
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
1 mini high-level platform
Construction
Parking approx. 20
History
Opened 1848
Rebuilt 1878

The Sandwich Railroad Station is located on Jarves Street 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 of 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

External links

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