Yarmouth station (Massachusetts)

Yarmouth station was a railroad station in the Yarmouth Port section of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Yarmouth
The second Yarmouth station around 1908
General information
Location	Railroad Avenue at Cross Street Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°41′55″N 70°15′30″W
Line(s)	Cape Cod Main Line, Hyannis Secondary
History
Opened	1854
Rebuilt	1878, 1941
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Barnstable toward Boston Boston–​Provincetown Bass River toward Provincetown Boston–​Hyannis Hyannis Terminus West Barnstable toward New York Cape Codder

History

The 1941-built Yarmouth station in 1974

The original station was built in the village of Yarmouth Port when the Cape Cod Railroad extended its line from Sandwich to Hyannis in 1854.^[1] In December 1865, the Cape Cod Central Railroad opened a branch from Yarmouth to Orleans, which was later extended to Provincetown.^[2] It was destroyed by a fire on November 17, 1878; the Old Colony Railroad built a replacement.^[1]

A branch from Harwich to Chatham opened in 1887; Yarmouth–Chatham service ran until 1931.^[3][2] Service past Yarmouth to Provincetown ended with the 88 stations case on July 17, 1938, with a brief revival in mid-1940.^[2] Yarmouth station was again destroyed by fire in 1941; the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad built a brick replacement.^[1] It served year-round Boston–Hyannis trains until June 30, 1959, and New York–Hyannis trains including the Day Cape Codder and Neptune until 1964.^[2] This station was torn down around 1975 to make room for the warehouse of Yarmouth-based Christmas Tree Shops.^[4]