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The Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) is a partially completed rail trail between Northampton, Massachusetts and Boston along the right-of-way (ROW) of the former Massachusetts Central Railroad and former Central Massachusetts Railroad. It currently has over 60 miles (97 km) open, and 94.5 miles (152.1 km) are open or protected for trail development.
In 2017, a stone dust section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was built over the section of the ROW the station was built to service, which is planned to be paved in 2027. [4]: 56 [5]: 34–36 Massachusetts Central Railroad Freight House next to MCRT—Wayside. Wayland had separate buildings for passengers and freight.
In 2019, a paved section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was built over the section of the ROW the station was built to service. [4] In 2022, Weston station was listed on the Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resources Program, in an attempt to identify preservation opportunities. [5]
This list of rail trails in Massachusetts details former railroad right-of-ways in Massachusetts that have been converted to trails for public use and proposed rail trails where trails exist but have not been fully established. Massachusetts has at least 69 rail-trails, covering 347 miles.
West Morris Greenway - a 2-mile rail trail that follows the former Lackawanna Railroad Chester Branch; it has terminuses near Horseshoe Lake in Succasunna, NJ and north of the town center in Chester, NJ; Wharton Rail Trail - runs along the former Mount Hope Mineral Railroad right-of-way in Wharton; a short rail trail (approximately 0.5 miles (0 ...
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[1]: 146–147 In 2010, the Massachusetts DCR executed a 99-year lease with the MBTA to build what was renamed the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside, 23 miles from Berlin to Waltham. [ 24 ] : 6 However, construction took significantly longer and is still planned or ongoing in various sections, as DCR funding was limited and various funding ...
Phase 3 (in progress, pre-construction): 4.6 miles (7.4 km) from the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside in Sudbury to Pleasant Street in Framingham, which is planned to be built in 3 sections. In July 2020, MassTrails awarded Sudbury $300,000 to purchase the right-of-way from South Sudbury to the Framingham line, and Sudbury became the ...