Harwich station (Massachusetts)

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Harwich
Harwich station real photo postcard.jpg
Harwich station on an early-20th-century postcard
General information
LocationDepot Road, Harwich, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°41′15.16″N70°5′29.08″W / 41.6875444°N 70.0914111°W / 41.6875444; -70.0914111
Line(s) Cape Main Line, Chatham Branch
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
North Harwich
toward Boston
Boston–​Provincetown Pleasant Lake
toward Provincetown
TerminusChatham Branch Harwich Center
toward Chatham

Harwich station was a railway station located in Harwich, Massachusetts. The station was built by the Cape Cod Railroad when the line was extended beyond Yarmouth. [1] It was the junction point between the Cape Main Line and the Chatham Branch.

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References

  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. 161. ISBN   0-9616740-1-6.

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