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词条 Millis Branch
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  1. History

  2. Station and junction listing

  3. References

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|name = Millis Branch
|color = {{rcr|MBTA|Millis}}
|image = Taffy Cafe, Dover MA.jpg
|image_width = 300
|caption = The former station building at Dover, as seen in 2014
|type = Commuter rail
|system = Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
|status = Abandoned
|locale = Southeastern Massachusetts
|start = Boston South Station
|end = Millis
|stations = 14[1]
|routes =
|open = 1861 (Charles River Branch Railroad)
|close = April 21 1967[2]
|owner = New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
|operator = New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad later MBTA
|character = Surface-level
|stock =
|linelength = 22.1 miles[1]
|tracklength =
|gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}}
|speed =
|elevation =
|map = {{Millis Branch}}
|map_state=expanded
}}

The Millis Branch was a branch of what is now the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Branching off the still-operating Needham Line at Needham Junction, it ran through the towns of Dover, Medfield, Millis, and Medway. Due to lack of subsidies and poor ridership, the line was cut back to Millis station in April 1966, and all service ended on April 21, 1967.

History

The Charles River Branch Railroad was extended from Needham Center to Woonsocket, Rhode Island in stages between 1861 and 1863 under the New York & Boston Railroad, with service operating to Boston via the Highland Branch.[3] Initial plans to extend the line to New York City as an air-line railroad never came to pass, but a small portion of this route was built as the Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad, opening from Woonsocket to Pascoag, Rhode Island in 1891;[4] the latter line became functionally an extension of the Charles River Branch, with through trains from Pascoag to and from Boston, although not on schedules suitable for commuting.[3][4] Ownership of the line passed through the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, New York and New England Railroad, and, finally, to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (commonly referred to as just the "New Haven Railroad"), which consolidated essentially the entire southern and southeastern Massachusetts rail network under its umbrella. After the Needham Cutoff opened on November 4, 1906, service from Woonsocket and intermediate stops ran over the cutoff rather than via the Highland Branch.[3]

With the Midland Line (now the Franklin Line) as the primary Woonsocket route for the New Haven Railroad, the Charles River Branch served as a minor branch line. After 1926, all service to Woonsocket was provided by shuttle trains from Woonsocket to Bellingham Junction; service north of Bellingham Junction was provided by trains from Boston to Franklin via Needham and Bellingham Junction, as well as trains travelling via the Charles River Branch outbound and the Midland Line inbound or vice versa.[3] Service beyond Bellingham Junction was discontinued entirely in 1930, and the portion of the line between Woonsocket and the state line was completely abandoned in 1934.[3][4] All service beyond Needham Junction was discontinued on 13 July 1938.[3] Service to Bellingham Junction was briefly restored in March 1940 with a single daily round trip between Boston and Franklin via the Charles River Branch, but this was cut back to Caryville station in North Bellingham in May 1940; at the same time, however, additional service was added between Boston and West Medway.[3] In September 1941, all remaining Caryville service was cut back to West Medway, which would remain the terminus of the branch for the next twenty-five-and-a-half years.[3][5] After 1955, service on the branch was reduced to one single-car round trip to West Medway, which was combined with a longer Needham Heights train at Needham Junction.[2][3]

By the time the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was founded in August 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service, the West Medway Branch was moribund. Subsidies to the New Haven Railroad for the Needham, West Medway, Dedham, and Franklin lines began on April 24, 1966; out-of-district Medway declined to provide additional funding, and the line was cut back to Millis as the Millis Branch.[2] The sole remaining round trips to Millis and Dedham were cut on April 21, 1967, due to extremely poor ridership.[2][3]

The former stations at Dover (now a Dunkin Donuts) and Millis (now town offices) are still extant; the other six stations west of Needham Junction have been demolished.

Station and junction listing

Milepost[1][6] City Station/junction Opening date[3] Closing date[3] Notes[3]
0.00 Boston South Station 1 January 1899 Still operating
Junction with Midland Branch (now MBTA Fairmount Line)
1.2 Back Bay}} 1 January 1899 Still operating
Junction with Framingham/Worcester Line
5.0 Junction with Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin Line, and Dedham Branch
6.4 Roslindale Village|MBTA}} 1870 Still operating
7.2 Bellevue|MBTA}} 1870 Still operating
7.6 Highland|MBTA}} 1870 Still operating
8.0 West Roxbury|MBTA}} 1870 Still operating
10.9 Needham Bird's Hill 1917 Still operating (now Hersey)
12.0 Needham Junction|MBTA}} (station) 4 November 1906 Still operating
12.1 Needham Junction Junction with Needham Line
13.8 Charles River|MBTA}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967
Former branch to Ridge Hill
15.2 Dover Dover|MBTA Millis Branch}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967 		Station building still survives as a café
18.2 MedfieldFarm Street|MBTA}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967
19.3 Medfield 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967 		Junction with NYNH&H Mansfield and Framingham Railroad
21.5 MillisClicquot}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967 		Mainly a freight station by the 1960s[7]
22.1 Millis|MBTA}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
21 April 1967 		Station building still survives and is rented out for commercial purposes
24.6 MedwayMedway|NYNH&H}} 18 November 1861
March 1940 		18 July 1938
24 April 1966 		Former junction with Medway Branch (abandoned 1864)
26.1 West Medway|NYNH&H}} September 1862
March 1940 		18 July 1938
24 April 1966
27.3 BellinghamCaryville|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863
March 1940 		18 July 1938
September 1941
28.2 North Bellingham|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863
March 1940 		18 July 1938
May 1940
30.5 Bellingham Junction|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863
March 1940 		18 July 1938
May 1940		 Junction with NYNH&H Milford Branch
34.7 BlackstoneEast Blackstone|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863 1926 (through trains)
1930 (Bellingham-Woonsocket shuttles)
35.5 Woonsocket Junction|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863 1926 (through trains)
1930 (Bellingham-Woonsocket shuttles) 		Junction with NYNH&H Midland Line
36 Woonsocket, RINorth Main Street Crossing|NYNH&H}} 16 November 1863 Pre-1907
37.1 Woonsocket 16 November 1863 1926 (through trains)
1930 (Bellingham-Woonsocket shuttles) 		Junction with Providence and Worcester Railroad; planned to be a stop on the future Boston Surface Railroad from Worcester to Providence
Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad continues

References

{{commons category|Millis Branch}}
1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.railwaystationlists.co.uk/pdfusarr/southernnewenglandrrs2.pdf|title=SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS (2) – SL 198|publisher=Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists|year=2015|accessdate=12 July 2015}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.transithistory.org/roster/MBTARouteHistory.pdf|title=Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district|last=Belcher|first=Jonathan|date=27 June 2015|format=PDF|publisher=NETransit|accessdate=18 December 2015}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite book |title=Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years |author1=Humphrey, Thomas J. |author2=Clark, Norton D. |lastauthoramp=yes |publisher=Boston Street Railway Association |year=1985 |isbn=9780685412947 |pages=43–46}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rhodeislandrailroads/home/east-providence-south-of-india-point/east-providence-north-of-india-point/pw-b-route/valley-falls/woonsocket|title=WOONSOCKET|website=Rhode Island Railroads|access-date=17 June 2016}}
5. ^{{cite book|title=Boston's Commuter Rail: Second Section|author1=Humphrey, Thomas J.|author2=Clark, Norton D.|lastauthoramp=yes|publisher=Boston Street Railway Association|year=1986|isbn=978-0685412947|pages=32}}
6. ^{{MBTA Bluebook 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://thenhrhtanewhavenrailroadforum.yuku.com/topic/5135/Another-MillisCliquot-question-New-Haven-days#.VaBrZvlVhEA|title=Another Millis/Cliquot question New Haven days|publisher=The NHRHTA New Haven Railroad Forum|year=2008|accessdate=12 July 2015}}
{{Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}

2 : Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|1861 establishments in Massachusetts
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