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
LocationMillis, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°10′3″N 71°21′36″W
Owned byNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Line(s)Millis Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
History
Opened1886[1]
ClosedApril 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] 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). NETransit.
  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.

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