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However, a gate blocked access from the trail to the northwest section of the park, which still had several dangerous abandoned buildings. After years of requests, demolition of the buildings began in April 2014. The northwest section opened in November 2014 and the gate was removed. With the trail
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station, with a large parking lot but few pedestrian connections to neighborhoods. The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Whitney Spur Rail Trail opened from the station to the park around the same time.
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on the former rail spur. The station opened with the rest of the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007. It was intended as a
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now serving as usable access to the park, 20 spaces in the station lot were dedicated for park users.
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beginning in 1969. In 2003, the DCR sold the land for the station and parking lot to the
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Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders
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After the closure of the Annex in 1962, it was acquired by the state
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operated four stations in Cohasset: North Cohasset (Nantasket) at
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opened as far to Cohasset on January 1, 1849. By 1878, the
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A postcard view of the former station in downtown Cohasset
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A train at Cohasset station shortly after opening in 2007
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Cohasset (MBTA station)

Chief Justice Cushing Highway

Cohasset, Massachusetts
42°14′32.64″N 70°50′13.20″W / 42.2424000°N 70.8370000°W / 42.2424000; -70.8370000
Greenbush Branch
side platform

MBTA
Nantasket Junction
South Station
Greenbush Line
North Scituate
Greenbush
MBTA Commuter Rail
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Greenbush Line
Route 3A
accessible

South Shore Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New Haven Railroad
Hull Street
Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Wompatuck State Park
MBTA
rail trail

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