Yarmouth station (Massachusetts)

Yarmouth station was a railroad station in the Yarmouth Port section of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Yarmouth
The second Yarmouth station around 1908
General information
LocationRailroad Avenue at Cross Street
Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°41′55″N 70°15′30″W
Line(s)Cape Cod Main Line, Hyannis Secondary
History
Opened1854
Rebuilt1878, 1941
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Barnstable
toward Boston
 Boston–​Provincetown Bass River
toward Provincetown
Boston–​Hyannis Hyannis
Terminus
West Barnstable
toward New York
 Cape Codder

History
The 1941-built Yarmouth station in 1974

The original station was built in the village of Yarmouth Port when the Cape Cod Railroad extended its line from Sandwich to Hyannis in 1854.[1] In December 1865, the Cape Cod Central Railroad opened a branch from Yarmouth to Orleans, which was later extended to Provincetown.[2] It was destroyed by a fire on November 17, 1878; the Old Colony Railroad built a replacement.[1]

A branch from Harwich to Chatham opened in 1887; Yarmouth–Chatham service ran until 1931.[3][2] Service past Yarmouth to Provincetown ended with the 88 stations case on July 17, 1938, with a brief revival in mid-1940.[2] Yarmouth station was again destroyed by fire in 1941; the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad built a brick replacement.[1] It served year-round Boston–Hyannis trains until June 30, 1959, and New York–Hyannis trains including the Day Cape Codder and Neptune until 1964.[2] This station was torn down around 1975 to make room for the warehouse of Yarmouth-based Christmas Tree Shops.[4]

References
  1. Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 155. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. Karr, Ronald Dale (2017). The Rail Lines of Southern New England (2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 408–414. ISBN 9780942147124.
  3. Karr, Ronald Dale (2010). Lost Railroads of New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 121, 153. ISBN 9780942147117.
  4. Pegnato, Fred (January 1, 2010). "Yarmouth, Mass. in the Penn Central Days". Retrieved 1 April 2013.

Further reading
  • Sokolosky, William C. (1975). A history of railroads in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Yarmouth Port, Mass.: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. OCLC 2072448.

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