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Cape Cod Branch Railroad Company: 1872 name change to Cape Cod Railroad in 1854 Sandwich to Hyannis July 8, 1854 16.7 mi or 26.9 km Cape Cod Railroad Company: 1872 name changed from Cape Cod Branch Railroad on February 22, 1854 Yarmouth to Orleans December 1, 1865 18.7 mi or 30.1 km Cape Cod Central Railroad Company: 1872 Buzzards Bay to Woods Hole
On February 22, 1854, the Cape Cod Branch Railroad was renamed the Cape Cod Railroad Company. [2] In the spring of 1854, construction continued, with the railroad reaching Barnstable village May 8, Yarmouth Port May 19, and finally Hyannis on July 8, 1854. [ 3 ]
The Nantasket Beach Railroad opened in 1880 as a branch off the South Shore but closed in 1886. It was reopened in 1886 and electrified, running until 1932. Winter service was replaced by buses beginning in 1926. [5] Portions of the former railroad bed were converted to paved roads, including Fitzpatrick Way, in 1937. [6] [7]
Junction with Woods Hole Branch; originally named Cohasset Narrows, now served by CapeFlyer and heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad: Bourne: 56.0 (90.1) Originally named Monument, now served by CapeFlyer: Bournedale: 58.8 (94.6) Sandwich: Sagamore: 60.0 (96.6) Served by the heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad: Sandwich: 62.5 (100.6) East Sandwich ...
Cape Cod: History: History of maritime wireless communication Chatham Railroad Museum: Chatham: Barnstable: Cape Cod: Transportation: 1887 railroad depot, features New York Central model locomotives used at the 1939 New York World's Fair, HO model railroad Chesterwood Estate & Museum: Stockbridge: Berkshire: The Berkshires: Historic house
The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod, which includes Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile (5 km) limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet (30 m) beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)". [4]
Frankie Rowley, Cape Cod Times December 1, 2023 at 1:56 AM Like many children, I was envious of the boys and girls who got to ride on the Polar Express after watching the famous 2004 Christmas flick .
A train at South Weymouth station on the Plymouth/Kingston Line in 2013. As congestion and pollution became issues on the expressway, projects were undertaken to revive service on these railways. In 1971, the South Shore branch of the Red Line opened to Quincy Center, and, in 1980, it was extended to Braintree.