The former station building at Dover, as seen in 2014
Overview
Status
Abandoned
Owner
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Locale
Southeastern Massachusetts
Termini
Boston South Station
Millis
Stations
14[1]
Service
Type
Commuter rail
System
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Operator(s)
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later MBTA, Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (freight)
History
Opened
1861 (Charles River Branch Railroad)
Closed
April 21, 1967[2]
Technical
Line length
22.1 miles[1]
Character
Surface-level
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
South Station
Back Bay
to Worcester
to Providence, Stoughton,
Blackstone, and Dedham
Roslindale Village
Bellevue
Highland
West Roxbury
Former route to Dedham
Bird's Hill
Needham Junction
to Needham Heights
Charles River
Dover
Farm Street
Medfield
Framingham Secondary
Clicquot
Millis
Medway
West Medway
Former route to Woonsocket
and Pascoag, Rhode Island
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The Millis Branch was a branch of what is now the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Branching off the still-operating Needham Line at Needham Junction, it ran through the towns of Dover, Medfield, Millis, and Medway. Due to lack of subsidies and poor ridership, the line was cut back to Millis station in April 1966, and all service ended on April 21, 1967, with the exception of some freight use on short portions of the line.
^ ab"SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS (2) – SL 198" (PDF). Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists. 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
^Belcher, Jonathan (27 June 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
towns of Dover, Medfield, Millis, and Medway. Due to lack of subsidies and poor ridership, the line was cut back to Millis station in April 1966, and...
station in that town MillisBranch, a rail line formerly ending at that station Millis High School Millis, Syria, a village in Syria Millis-Clicquot, Massachusetts...
Westport, referred to as the Watuppa Branch, as well as a section of the MillisBranch from Medfield Junction to Millis) were purchased by Massachusetts Coastal...
purchasing the Watuppa Branch and MillisBranch from the Bay Colony and taking over operations on the lines. The purchase of the MillisBranch was initially rejected...
Millis was a railroad station in Millis, Massachusetts. It served the MillisBranch (formerly the West Medway Branch), and opened in 1886. In April 1966...
of the moribund West Medway branch running from Boston to Millis on April 24, 1966; service on the truncated MillisBranch was discontinued on April 21...
with the end of the Charles River Branch Railroad in Dover to Bellingham through the current-day towns of Medfield, Millis, and Medway.: 395 In 1847, a petition...
station in Medway, Massachusetts. It served the West Medway Branch (later the MillisBranch), and opened in 1861. Medway station was originally part of...
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Following station Back Bay toward Dedham Dedham Branch Closed 1967 Terminus Back Bay toward MillisMillisBranch Closed 1967 Preceding station New York Central...
2007) Restoration of service on the MillisBranch to Millis (studied in 1998) Restoration of service on the Milford Branch to Milford (studied in 1990 and...
Kingston Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFlyer Providence/Stoughton Former lines Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington BranchMillisBranch Woburn Branch...
a former station in Boston, Massachusetts, USA Dover station (MBTA MillisBranch), a former station in Dover, Massachusetts, USA Dover station (NJ Transit)...
Massachusetts, served by the CapeFlyer. Monument station was built by the Cape Cod Branch Railroad when the railroad line was extended from Wareham to Sandwich in...
1976 (the Millis (the new name of the truncated West Medway branch) and Dedham Branches were discontinued in 1967, while the Central Mass branch was abandoned...
Providence Railroad (B&P) opened a branch line from Forest Hills to Dedham (where it connected with the B&P's preexisting branch to Dedham via Readville) via...
Kingston Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFlyer Providence/Stoughton Former lines Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington BranchMillisBranch Woburn Branch...
and began subsidizing service as far as Canton Junction on the Stoughton Branch and Sharon on the Providence Line in June 1973. Penn Central continued to...
the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line past Stoughton, a route following the Providence Line to Attleboro and then branching onto the Attleboro...
Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-942147-08-7. Crocket, Douglas S. (July 27...
west. The Boston and Providence Railroad (B&P) opened its West Roxbury Branch from Forest Hills to Dedham via West Roxbury on July 14, 1849.: 154 Stations...
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