Hyannis station (CCCR)

This article is about the station used by the Cape Cod Central Railroad. For the station used by the CapeFLYER, see Hyannis Transportation Center.
Hyannis Railroad Station
Location 252 Main Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′17.9″N 70°16′48.16″W / 41.654972°N 70.2800444°W / 41.654972; -70.2800444
Operated by Cape Cod Central Railroad
Line(s) Cape Main Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections CCRTA buses, CapeFLYER
Construction
Parking Yes
History
Opened ca. 1854
Services
Preceding station   Cape Cod Central Railroad   Following station
toward Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod Central RailroadTerminus
  Former services  
Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad
toward Braintree or Attleboro
Main line
Closed 1988
Terminus

Hyannis is a train station along the Cape Cod Central Railroad's dinner and excursion train service. It is located on 252 Main Street in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

The Hyannis Transportation Center shares the same track, and is used by CCRTA buses and the CapeFLYER seasonal rail service between Boston and Cape Cod. The area also includes two low-level platforms, an overhead canopy on one of the platforms, and a high platform for wheelchair access. The station platform on the east side of the mainline is approximately 645 feet long, which accommodates a seven car train.[1]

History

Postcard of Hyannis station, c. 1914

The station was constructed in the early 1850s by the Cape Cod Railroad Company in time for the arrival of the first train from Boston on July 8, 1854. It is said that the train was met by a crowd estimated at 3,000. Immediately the line started running three trains a day to and from Boston.[2]

The station remained in active service until 1953 when the New Haven Railroad moved its Hyannis passenger station to a location about a mile north.[3]

From 1984 until 1988 the station was used by the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. The station was also the terminus for Amtrak's Cape Codder, which ran from 1986 to 1996.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Transportation Planning and Resource Group (March 2012). PHASE I Project Report: Cape Cod Seasonal Passenger Rail Service (Report). p. 14.
  2. ↑ Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  3. ↑ "Railroad Opens New Depot in Hyannis Today". Daily Boston Globe. April 23, 1953. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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