Monday, October 17, 2011

Lost Train Stations: Old Colony

Old Colony Depot, Kneeland street.


Old Colony Depot, Kneeland street, on the right, 1883.


While Boston's earliest railroad lines were laid out in the 1830s, it wasn't until 1844 that the Old Colony line was built between Boston and Plymouth. The line quickly expanded to serve southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with criss-crossing lines serving Cape Cod to Provincetown and Woods Hole, the southeast coast to New Bedford and Fall River, as well as Newport and Providence in Rhode Island. After many mergers and the resulting expansion, the company was bought out by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which gained an effective monopoly on rail service in southern New England.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, I'm curious to know if you have ever seen a photo of Cove St. adjacent to the Old Colony Depot passenger station? (Cove St. changed to Atlantic Ave. in the late 1890's.) I've been searching on and off for a few years to no avail. Thanks!

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