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The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Fitchburg, Lowell and Cape Cod.
The Old Colony Lines are a pair of branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The two branches operate concurrently for 10 miles (16 km) via the Old Colony Mainline from South Station to Braintree station .
The following is a list of historic Old Colony Railroad (OCRR) stations, at the time of the 1893 lease by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and shortly after. [1] City/town include current town name, some of which were incorporated after 1893.
The engine house foundations were uncovered in 1990 during an archeological survey prior to the restoration of service on the Old Colony Lines. [7] The site was turned into a park at a cost of $100,000. [11] The new station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 26, 1997. [9] Whitman Roundhouse Park opened in October ...
Old Colony Railroad Station is an historic Italianate train station located off Dean Street (US Route 44) in Taunton, Massachusetts.The historic station, also known as Dean Street, is proposed to be joined by the modern Taunton station around 2030 as part of Phase 2 of the South Coast Rail project.
The Old Colony Railroad's Kingston station was located in downtown Kingston off Summer Street . The original station was replaced in 1889. [3] It was the southern terminus of the South Shore Line until 1938. Boston–Plymouth service ended in 1959, though the station is still extant and used as a restaurant.
By 1878, the Old Colony Railroad controlled the entire line. [3] The Old Colony and successor New Haven Railroad operated four stations in Cohasset: North Cohasset (Nantasket) at Hull Street, King Street (Black Rock) at King Street, Cohasset at Pleasant Street and Beechwood at Beechwood Street. No station was located at the modern site, which ...
The current station opened along with the rest of the Old Colony Lines on September 29, 1997, and CapeFlyer service began in 2013. The station is planned to be closed to commuter rail service when the new Middleborough station opens in May 2025 as part of South Coast Rail , though it will remain open for CapeFlyer and additional commuter parking.