South Chatham station explained

South Chatham
Style:New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Opened:1887[1]
Other Services Header:Former services

South Chatham station was a train station located in South Chatham, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it was a small wooden structure with a trackside bay window.[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] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.[6]

Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service.[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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Farson, Robert H.. Joan Hollister Farson. Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. 1993. First. 105. 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. Book: Eldredge, Andrews T. . Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands . 2003 . 100, 101 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-0-7385-1157-3.
  3. News: Opening Chatham's New Railroad . The Boston Globe . November 16, 1887 . 8 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Chatham's New Railroad Opened . The Boston Globe . November 21, 1887 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 7 . November 1887 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
  6. Book: Karr, Ronald Dale . The Rail Lines of Southern New England . 2 . Branch Line Press . 2017 . 9780942147124 . 408–414.
  7. News: Demand Gasoline Car Be Retained . The Boston Globe . July 29, 1930 . 15 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: To Abandon RR Line Harwich to Chatham . The Boston Globe . May 22, 1937 . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 7-Mile Cape Railroad With Three Stations Goes on Market as Last Train Puffs Away . The Boston Globe . July 8, 1937 . 28 . Newspapers.com.
  10. Book: Roy, John H. Jr. . A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses . Branch Line Press . 2007 . 9780942147087 . 117.

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