South Chatham station
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South Chatham station was a train station located in South Chatham, Massachusetts. Built in 1887, it was a small wooden structure with a trackside bay window.[2]
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South Chatham station on a 1918 postcard | |||||||||||
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| Location | Meetinghouse Road, South Chatham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°41′2.50″N 70°1′9.36″W | ||||||||||
| Line | Chatham Branch | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887[1] | ||||||||||
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The Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887.[3][4] It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch.[5][6] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.[5]
Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service.[5][7] Freight service continued until the line was abandoned in 1937.[8][9] The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished.[10]
