Millis station

Millis was a railroad station in Millis, Massachusetts. It served the Millis Branch (formerly the West Medway Branch), and opened in 1886.

Millis
Millis station in 2009
General information
Location	Millis, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°10′3″N 71°21′36″W
Owned by	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Line(s)	Millis Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1886[1]
Closed	April 21, 1967[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Terminus Millis Branch Clicquot toward South Station
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Medway toward Woonsocket Charles River Line Clicquot toward Boston

History

Millis station in 1899

In April 1966, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) reached an agreement with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the owner of the West Medway Branch, to subsidise continued service on the branch (as well as on the Needham, Dedham, and Franklin lines, also owned by the NYNH&H) within its funding district, starting on April 24; as Medway, outside the district, declined to pay for continued service to Medway and West Medway stations (the latter of which was, at the time, the western terminus of the branch), the branch was cut back to Millis, which became the new terminus, and became known as the Millis Branch instead of the West Medway Branch.

Slightly under a year later, on April 21, 1967, the Millis and Dedham branches were both abandoned due to continued poor ridership.^[2][3] By that time, the station had been used as the town hall for several years.^[4] Millis station is still extant, one of only two stations on the Millis Branch (the other being Dover) to have survived; it is now known as the Lansing Millis Memorial Railroad Station, part of the Millis Center Historic District.^[1]

References

1. Millis Historical Commission. "Lansing Millis Memorial Railroad Station". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
3. Humphrey, Thomas J. & Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 43–46. ISBN 9780685412947.
4. O'Connell, Richard W. (August 18, 1968). "Old railroad depots take on new careers". Boston Globe. p. A-1 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Media related to Millis station at Wikimedia Commons