Springdale station (Massachusetts)

Not to be confused with Springdale station.
Springdale
A drawing of a small railroad station
1918 drawing of Springdale station
General information
Coordinates42°08′53″N 71°07′45″W / 42.148046°N 71.129031°W / 42.148046; -71.129031
Line(s)
History
OpenedOctober 1891 (1891-10)
ClosedJuly 1, 1940 (1940-07-01)
Former lines
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
West Stoughton
toward Taunton
 Stoughton Branch Canton
toward Canton Junction

Springdale station was a New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station in the village of Springdale in Canton, Massachusetts. It was located on the Stoughton Branch.

The station was built by the Old Colony Railroad at a cost $1,200. It opened in October 1891.[1] It replaced an older building built in 1855.[2] In 1919 the building was used in the filming of the now-lost silent film Anne of Green Gables, starring Mary Miles Minter.[3]

By the 1920s improvements in local highways led to reduced service on the Stoughton Branch, with both Springdale and West Stoughton in danger of being closed.[4] They and other low-traffic stations were further endangered by the New Haven's 1935 bankruptcy. By the late 1930s service at Springdale was done to four weekday trains per day, handling a total of eleven passengers. The station was closed and demolished on July 1, 1940.[5]

  1. ^ Galvin 1987, p. 21
  2. ^ Kantrowitz 2000, p. 89
  3. ^ Galvin 1987, p. 42
  4. ^ Galvin 1987, p. 45
  5. ^ Galvin 1987, p. 53