Blackstone station
Blackstone | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Blackstone station on a 1909 postcard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Paul Street at Canal Street Blackstone, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′57″N 71°32′16″W / 42.01585°N 71.53777°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Midland Division Providence and Worcester Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 24, 1966[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Blackstone station was a railroad station in Blackstone, Massachusetts. Opened in 1847, it was a stop for Providence–Worcester service until 1960, and Boston commuter service until 1966.
History
The
The BH&E built the
Except for a short period in the 1870s, Blackstone generally did not have schedules suitable for Boston commuting.[3] By the turn of the century, it was served by three daily Boston–Hartford round trips and 7–8 Providence–Worcester round trips.[2]: 167 [3] Some commuter service was extended to Blackstone in the 1930s, but this was reduced to two Blackstone–Boston round trips plus a Boston–Hartford round trip in 1940.[5][3] A second long-distance train on the route stopping at Blackstone was added during World War II.[3]
Providence–Worcester service via Blackstone was reduced to one daily round trip by 1935, briefly increased to four in 1953, then reverted to one until discontinued in 1960.[2] : 168 Boston commuter service was increased to six daily round trips in 1952, but service west of Blackstone ended in 1955 after rains from Hurricane Diane washed out a bridge near Putnam, Connecticut.[3] The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was formed in August 1964 to subsidize Boston commuter service. The MBTA began subsidizing service as far as Norfolk on April 24, 1966. Franklin agreed to subsidize its service, but Blackstone did not, so service was cut back to Franklin.[1] The disused station was demolished in 1969.[6]
After the collapse of the Blackstone River bridge to the east in 1968, New Haven successor
References
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ ISBN 9780942147124.
- ^ ISBN 9780685412947.
- ^ Kierstead, Matthew; Mekinda, Jonathan N.P.; Friedberg, Betsy. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Blackstone Viaduct". National Park Service – via Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
- ^ "New Schedules of New Haven Start Monday". Boston Globe. May 3, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clem, Lauren (April 10, 2019). "Restoring a giant: Bike path work on Blackstone's historic viaduct to begin this summer". Valley Breeze. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
External links
Media related to Blackstone station at Wikimedia Commons