Provincetown station

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Provincetown station in the late 1800s
General information
LocationBradford Street at Standish Street
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°03′11.87″N70°11′10.82″W / 42.0532972°N 70.1863389°W / 42.0532972; -70.1863389
History
OpenedJuly 22, 1873 (1873-07-22) [1]
Closed1960 (1960)
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
TerminusBoston–​Provincetown Puritan Heights
toward Boston

Provincetown station was a train station located on Bradford Street (formerly Back Street) between Alden and Standish Streets in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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The first scheduled train by the Old Colony Railroad arrived in Provincetown on July 23, 1873, to much fanfare. It was reported that when the first train with dignitaries arrived the day before, [1] old cannons boomed out salutes, church bells were rung and a brass band helped the crowd march up to the Pavilion on High Pole Hill. [2]

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad passenger service to Provincetown ended in July 1938 (excepting a brief restoration of service in 1940), but freight service survived until 1960, when the tracks above North Eastham were formally abandoned. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Theriault, Wor. James J. "The Railroad Comes To Provincetown". King Hirams's Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. pp. 40–42. ISBN   0-9616740-1-6.
  3. Ronald Dale Karr, 'The Rail Lines of Southern New England: A Handbook of Railroad History,' Branch Line Press, 1995, p. 338
  4. Farson (1993), pp. 232 & 238.

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