Pocasset Train Station

Pocasset Train Station

The former Pocassett Station, ca. 1920
Location Barlows Landing Road, Pocasset, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°41′35″N 70°36′54″W / 41.69306°N 70.61500°W / 41.69306; -70.61500Coordinates: 41°41′35″N 70°36′54″W / 41.69306°N 70.61500°W / 41.69306; -70.61500
Line(s) New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Platforms Yes (still standing as a remnant)
History
Opened 1875 (demolished)

The former Pocasset station was located on the Barlows Landing Road in Pocasset, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.[1]

History

The original Pocasset station - ca. 1910

The original Pocasset station was built by the Cape Cod Railroad around 1872. It was taken out of service in 1906 and moved to Cataumet.[2] In 1906, the Wenaumet station - which was located about a mile north of the original station - was renamed as the Pocasset station by the New Haven Railroad. This station burned to the ground on May 14, 1914.[2]

A new station was built at the same location in 1915. It was later demolished in 1960 after the New Haven Railroad discontinued most passenger service to Cape Cod. Remnants of the station's original foundation and platform are still visible just south of the point where Barlows Landing Road crosses the train tracks.[2]

See also

References

  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. 145. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Eldredge, Andrews T. (2003). Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-0-7385-1157-3.

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