Milford Branch

Milford Branch
Overview
Type	Railroad
Status	Abandoned
Locale	Worcester County and Middlesex County
Termini	Framingham Milford
Stations	1
Operation
Opened	1847
Closed	c. 1980
Owner	CSX
Character	Surface Level
Technical
Line length	11.97 miles (19.26 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Framingham/Worcester Line Waverly Street (MA-135) Claflin Street Hollis Street (MA-135) Waushakum Street CSX Automotive Unloading Facility Framingham-Sherborn border Whitney Street Sherborn-Holliston border Mayflower Landing Washington Street (MA-16) Lowland Street Church Street Central Street Exchange Street Arch Street Highland Street Cross Street Summer Street (MA-126) Chestnut Street Hopping Brook Road Braggville Station South Street Holliston-Milford border I-495 Beaver Street Medway Road (MA-109) Hayward Street Mount Pleasant Street Beach Street former route to Ashland via Milford Secondary Pond Street Milford Depot Central Street Central Street Grafton and Upton Railroad and Milford Secondary continue

The Milford Branch was a railroad line in Massachusetts. The line formerly ran from Milford to Framingham, traveling through Holliston and Sherborn, connecting to the Boston Subdivision in Framingham and the Milford Secondary in Milford. The line was originally part of the Boston and Albany Railroad, and the end of the line was later abandoned under Penn Central, before the rest of the line was abandoned by Conrail.^[1] Although the line passes through Sherborn and terminates in Framingham, the majority of the line lies in Holliston.

Recent History

In recent years, the track bed in Milford and Holliston was converted to a rail trail. The trail is part of the Upper Charles Rail Trail system. The trail will be extended into Sherborn until it reaches the Holliston Industrial Track, a defunct railroad with old tracks.^[2]

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