Stony Brook station (Boston and Maine Railroad)

Stony Brook was a Boston and Maine Railroad station in Weston, Massachusetts along what is currently the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Fitchburg Line. The station was located adjacent to the Upper Post Road (US-20), with a building on the inbound (southwest) side of the tracks. It is named for Stony Brook, which runs through Weston.

For the current Orange Line station (located on a different Stony Brook), see Stony Brook (MBTA station).
Stony Brook station
The former station site, photographed in 2017
LocationU.S. Route 20
Weston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′8.16″N 71°16′15.42″W
Line(s)Fitchburg Railroad
History
Closedc. 1950

When the Central Massachusetts Railroad was first being planned in the late 1870s, it was to have diverged from the Fitchburg Railroad mainline at Stony Brook Junction, just past the station. However, a separate route through Waltham was built instead, and the Central Mass instead crossed the Fitchburg on a bridge at Stony Brook Junction.[1]

This station was closed and the building removed by 1951 due to the construction of Massachusetts Route 128 and the new rotary interchange with US-20. In 1973, the MBTA proposed building a number of new parking garages to serve suburban commuters. One possible location was at the former Stony Brook site, but nothing came of that plan.[2]

References
  1. Thomas J. Humphrey and the Central Transportation Planning Staff (September 1996). "Appendix B: Further Details on Former Central Mass. Alignment Between Waltham and Boston" (PDF). Central Mass. Commuter Rail Feasibility Study. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. Plotkin, A.S. (November 9, 1973). "$100m parking plans snagged by lot abuttors". Boston Globe. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.


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