East Sudbury station

East Sudbury
The former station site in November 2024
General information
LocationSudbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′38″N 71°24′06″W / 42.360453°N 71.401746°W / 42.360453; -71.401746
Owned byMBTA
Line(s)Central Massachusetts Railroad mainline
Platforms1 (former)
Tracks1 (former)
History
OpenedBefore December 19, 1887
ClosedNovember 26, 1971
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
South Sudbury
Terminus
 Central Mass Branch
(closed 1971)
 Wayland
toward North Station
Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station
South Sudbury
toward Northampton
 Central Mass Branch Wayland
toward Boston
Location
Map

East Sudbury station was a train station in Sudbury, Massachusetts. It was located on the Central Massachusetts Railroad mainline east of the Landham Road overpass.

History

The former station site in 2015 prior to rail trail construction

East Sudbury station was created by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) before December 19, 1887 on the Central Massachusetts Branch. It was unstaffed by 1913 and became a flag stop.[1]: 73  B&M service was subsidized by the MBTA and added to the MBTA Commuter Rail system in 1965.[2]: 369–371 

The station was a simple wooden open-air shelter for passengers with a small parking lot.[3][1]: 143 

Service on the Central Mass Branch was terminated on November 26, 1971 due to poor track conditions and low ridership.[2]: 369–371, 373 [1]: 143  The shelter has since been demolished.

In 2022, a buried transmission line project between Sudbury and Hudson began construction under the former Central Massachusetts Railroad ROW for which it provided service.[4] This project subsidized the cost of building a section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside, which is expected to complete construction in 2025.[5] As part of this project, DCR will install granite markers to commemorate the archaeological site.[6]: 6 

References

  1. ^ a b c The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. (2008). The Central Mass (Second ed.). Brimfield, MA: Marker Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-9662736-3-2.
  2. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  3. ^ "'Railroads through Sudbury' program". Wicked Local. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  4. ^ "Sudbury-Hudson—Eversource". E.T. & L. Corp. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  5. ^ Autler, Gerald. "Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside". Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  6. ^ "Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission, NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Regarding the Sudbury-Hudson Transmission Reliability and Mass Central Rail Trail Project, Hudson, Stow, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Massachusetts" (PDF). Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-21.


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