South Harwich | |||||||||||
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Location | Depot Road South Harwich, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°41′6.23″N 70°2′21.71″W / 41.6850639°N 70.0393639°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Chatham Branch | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1887 [1] | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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South Harwich station was a train station located in South Harwich, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it was a small wooden structure. [2]
The Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887. [3] [4] It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch. [5] [6] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893. [5]
Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service. [5] [7] Freight service continued until the line was abandoned in 1937. [8] [9] The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished. [10]
South Harwich | |||||||||||
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![]() Postcard of South Harwich station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Depot Road South Harwich, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°41′6.23″N 70°2′21.71″W / 41.6850639°N 70.0393639°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Chatham Branch | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1887 [1] | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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South Harwich station was a train station located in South Harwich, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it was a small wooden structure. [2]
The Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887. [3] [4] It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch. [5] [6] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893. [5]
Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service. [5] [7] Freight service continued until the line was abandoned in 1937. [8] [9] The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished. [10]