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1147:; 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. 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. All service beyond Needham Junction was discontinued on July 13, 1938. 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 33: 935: 813: 682: 821: 796: 586: 300: 350: 805: 675: 579: 408: 913: 891: 869: 847: 774: 752: 730: 708: 401: 375: 359: 264: 367: 319: 644: 613: 548: 517: 486: 455: 660: 629: 564: 533: 502: 471: 335: 285: 280: 1195:
In July 2020, the state awarded $ 100,000 for construction of the Medfield Rail Trail, running 1.3 miles from Medfield Junction to the Dover line. This section opened on October 1, 2022. The Dover section, which would connect the Medfield and Needham sections to create a continuous trail, remains in planning as of the end of 2022.
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A 7-mile section of the branch from Needham Junction to Ice House Road in Medfield is planned to be converted into a compacted stone dust multi-use path through the Bay Colony Rail Trail project. The Needham section, stretching 1.7 miles from High Rock St. to the Charles River, opened on May 1, 2016.
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until November 2023, when Massachusetts Coastal Railroad indicated that it would be purchasing the remaining Millis Branch section from the Bay Colony and taking over operations on the line. The purchase was initially rejected by the
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years. 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.
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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.
2691: 1959: 1399: 1172:(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 716: 1841: 1865: 1580: 1454: 1152: 921: 760: 1952: 1148: 1927: 1507: 855: 2686: 1821: 1155:. In September 1941, all remaining Caryville service was cut back to West Medway, which would remain the terminus of the branch for the next 25 2717: 1097: 1184:
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
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station in April 1966, and all service ended on April 21, 1967, with the exception of some freight use on short portions of the line.
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opened on November 4, 1906, service from Woonsocket and intermediate stops ran over the cutoff rather than via the Highland branch.
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station in North Bellingham in May 1940; at the same time, however, additional service was added between Boston and
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due to uncertainty about the status of the line. The STB approved the Millis Branch transfer in June 2024.
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The line sees occasional freight use from Medfield Junction into Millis, operated by the
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Station building still survives and is rented out for commercial purposes
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never came to pass, but a small portion of this route was built as the
32: 2466: 2359: 2420: 1755: 1700: 2583: 1871:. Surface Transportation Board. December 15, 2023. Archived from 1847:. Surface Transportation Board. November 16, 2023. Archived from 1782:"Grand Opening Sunday May 1st! – Bay Colony Rail Trail, Needham" 1245: 1974: 142: 1624:. Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists. 2015 1890:"Decision: Docket No. FD 36746 and Docket No. FD 36747" 1809:. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. July 2020. p. 4. 1705:. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 43–46. 1202:. Freight rights to the line were formerly owned by 1048:, United States. Branching off the still-operating 2552: 1756:Humphrey, Thomas J. & Clark, Norton D. (1986). 1701:Humphrey, Thomas J. & Clark, Norton D. (1985). 1760:. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 32. 1652:"Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" 141:New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later 2704: 1928:"Another Millis/Cliquot question New Haven days" 945: 418: 245: 1214: 1895:. Surface Transportation Board. 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Index

Medway Branch

Dover
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Southeastern Massachusetts
Boston South Station
Millis
Commuter rail
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBTA
Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
Charles River Branch Railroad
Track gauge
South Station


Back Bay

to Worcester
Providence, Stoughton
Blackstone
Dedham
Roslindale Village

Bellevue

Highland

West Roxbury

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