East Sudbury station

East Sudbury
The former station site in November 2024
General information
Location	Sudbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′38″N71°24′06″W / 42.360453°N 71.401746°W / 42.360453; -71.401746
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Central Massachusetts Railroad mainline
Platforms	1 (former)
Tracks	1 (former)
History
Opened	Before December 19, 1887
Closed	November 26, 1971
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station South Sudbury Terminus Central Mass Branch (closed 1971) Wayland toward North Station Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station South Sudbury toward Northampton Central Mass Branch Wayland toward Boston
Location

East Sudbury station was a train station in Sudbury, Massachusetts. It was located on the Central Massachusetts Railroad mainline east of the Landham Road overpass.

History

The former station site in 2015 prior to rail trail construction

East Sudbury station was created by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) before December 19, 1887 on the Central Massachusetts Branch. It was unstaffed by 1913 and became a flag stop. ^{[1] : 73} B&M service was subsidized by the MBTA and added to the MBTA Commuter Rail system in 1965. ^{[2] : 369–371}

The station was a simple wooden open-air shelter for passengers with a small parking lot. ^{[3] [1] : 143}

Service on the Central Mass Branch was terminated on November 26, 1971 due to poor track conditions and low ridership. ^{[2] : 369–371, 373  [1] : 143} The shelter has since been demolished.

In 2022, a buried transmission line project between Sudbury and Hudson began construction under the former Central Massachusetts Railroad ROW for which it provided service. ^[4] This project subsidized the cost of building a section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside, which is expected to complete construction in 2025. ^[5] As part of this project, DCR will install granite markers to commemorate the archaeological site. ^{[6] : 6}

References

1. The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. (2008). The Central Mass (Second ed.). Brimfield, MA: Marker Press. p. 1. ISBN   978-0-9662736-3-2.
2. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
3. "'Railroads through Sudbury' program". Wicked Local. February 23, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
4. "Sudbury-Hudson—Eversource". E.T. & L. Corp. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
5. Autler, Gerald. "Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside". Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
6. "Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission, NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Regarding the Sudbury-Hudson Transmission Reliability and Mass Central Rail Trail Project, Hudson, Stow, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Massachusetts" (PDF). Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2024.