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were introduced in the 1950s. The old station building was replaced with a simple plywood-sheathed station in the early 1950s. However, the New Haven
Railroad continued to lose money on the service, and after Dumaine was ousted the railroad announced all trains would cease running in 1958. Only an
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were reopened in 1997. After much controversy surrounding the $ 534 million project, construction was completed in 2007. The
Greenbush line and Greenbush station were opened for full service on October 31, 2007, after a ceremonial train the previous day.
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Greenbush became an important short-turn terminal on the South Shore Line, particularly as ridership began to wane. Service south of
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consists of four tracks, which are used to store trains overnight. Also adjacent to the platform, a massive parking lot accommodates commuters from nearby towns, such as
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emergency subsidy by the state kept trains running until June 30, 1959, when the
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in 1849. The Old Colony-backed
Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad, chartered in 1867, which opened from Cohasset to Duxbury in 1871, including a stop at
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Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926".
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753:(Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. January 9, 2017.
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412:. Located in the Greenbush section of Scituate, it is the terminus of the
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829:"Dellbrook|JKS Begins Construction at The Residences at Driftway Place"
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751:"Greenbush Station Transit-Oriented Development Project Advances"
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serving the easternmost track. Adjacent to the platform, the
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648:(17). Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 15–28.
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Plymouth/Kingston Line and Middleborough/Lakeville Line
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 2007
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Buildings and structures in Scituate, Massachusetts
641:Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin
684:"Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district"
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565:Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019).
27:Railway station in Scituate, Massachusetts, US
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582:The Rail Lines of Southern New England
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918:2007 establishments in Massachusetts
857:. September 28, 2023. Archived from
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614:"History of the Greenbush Rail Line"
522:Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex
908:Former Old Colony Railroad stations
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671:. Bob's Photo. p. 15.
580:Karr, Ronald Dale (1995).
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883:at Wikimedia Commons
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789:"Own Source Revenue"
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308:Following station
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73:Coordinates
897:Categories
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591:0942147022
552:References
450:Marshfield
194:Passengers
152:Accessible
530:Budd RDCs
500:in 1893.
490:Greenbush
165:Fare zone
120:Platforms
36:Greenbush
654:43504499
520:and the
482:Cohasset
386:Location
358:Plymouth
334:Terminus
314:Scituate
267:Terminus
219:Services
61:Location
460:History
454:Duxbury
446:Norwell
442:Hanover
438:Hanover
434:Norwell
356:toward
317:toward
250:toward
173:History
144:Parking
110:Line(s)
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186:Closed
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