Line(s) Cape Mainline Disabled access Yes Phone +1 508-362-9287 Platforms in use 1 | Parking Less than 25 Opened 1911 Owner Massachusetts | |
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Owned by Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts Rebuilt 1980s (Currently being restored) Address 2469 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable, MA 02668, USA Similar Cape Cod Chapter NRHS, Winslow Crocker House, Hyannis station, Josiah Dennis House, Buzzards Bay station | ||
2009 leaving west barnstable station
West Barnstable is a railway station in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. The train station currently serves as a seasonal stop (on Saturdays) for the Cape Cod Central Railroad.
Contents
- 2009 leaving west barnstable station
- Mass coastal 2007 pulling into west barnstable station
- History
- Links to other images of the station
- References
The station building, which is owned by the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, is the headquarters on the Cape Cod Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS). The Cape Cod Chapter of the NRHS signed a twenty-year lease on the building in 2012. They have been restoring it as a historical railway station and museum since 2001 when they became the custodian of the building.
The station building, which is open to the public on Saturdays between May and October, also hosts numerous special events, including National Train Day in May, the West Barnstable village festival in August and the Cranberry Express in October.
Mass coastal 2007 pulling into west barnstable station
History
The original passenger station in West Barnstable was opened in 1854 by the Cape Cod Railroad.
This station was torn down and a new station was built, at the same location, by the New Haven Railroad in 1911 at a cost of $18,000. The original architecture style of the station was identical to the stations that the New Haven Railroad built in Buzzards Bay and Sagamore around the same time. The station remained in service until 1964 when the New Haven Railroad ran its last passenger train to Cape Cod. Between 1986 and 1996 it was an unmanned station stop for Amtrak's Cape Codder service.
The property once included a detached freight house but it was torn down a few decades ago.
The station was used as a shooting location for the feature films The Golden Boys and The Lightkeepers.