West Chatham station

West Chatham
General information
LocationGeorge Ryder Road
Chatham, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°41′21″N 69°59′32″W / 41.68913°N 69.99222°W / 41.68913; -69.99222
Line(s)Chatham Branch
History
Opened1887[1]
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
South Chatham
toward Harwich
 Chatham Branch Chatham
Terminus

West Chatham station (sometimes called Hotel Chatham) was a flag stop train station located in West Chatham, Massachusetts.

The Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887.[2][3] It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch.[4][5] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.[4]

Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service.[4][6] Freight service continued until the line was abandoned in 1937.[7][8] The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished.[9]

  1. ^ Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 105. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. ^ "Opening Chatham's New Railroad". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1887. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Chatham's New Railroad Opened". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c Karr, Ronald Dale (2017). The Rail Lines of Southern New England (2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 408–414. ISBN 9780942147124.
  5. ^ Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1887. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Demand Gasoline Car Be Retained". The Boston Globe. July 29, 1930. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "To Abandon RR Line Harwich to Chatham". The Boston Globe. May 22, 1937. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "7-Mile Cape Railroad With Three Stations Goes on Market as Last Train Puffs Away". The Boston Globe. July 8, 1937. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780942147087.