South Sudbury (MBTA station)
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SOUTH SUDBURY
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South Sudbury station building in April 2016
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| Location | 37 Union Avenue Sudbury, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′48″N 71°25′20″W / 42.363246°N 71.422307°WCoordinates: 42°21′48″N 71°25′20″W / 42.363246°N 71.422307°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||||||||||
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Central Massachusetts Railroad Framingham and Lowell Railroad |
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| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1871 (Framingham & Lowell) | ||||||||||
| Closed | November 26, 1971 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | c. 1887-91, c. 1952 | ||||||||||
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South Sudbury was a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Central Massachusetts Branch, located at the junction of the Central Massachusetts Railroad and the Framingham and Lowell Railroad slightly north of Boston Post Road (U.S. Route 20) in South Sudbury, Massachusetts. The station was closed in November 1971 when the last remaining round trip on the Central Massachusetts Branch was discontinued. The 1952-built station building is now a private business.
The Framingham and Lowell Railroad (F&L) opened between its namesake cities on October 1, 1871. Its South Sudbury station and freight house were located on the east side of the tracks, on the north side of Boston Pond Road.
The Central Massachusetts Railroad (CM) opened from Boston to Hudson, Massachusetts in October 1881. After going out of business in 1883, it was reopened by the Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) in 1885, which was, in turn, acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1887.
The Old Colony Railroad, which had acquired the F&L in 1879, constructed a union station at the southeast corner of the junction of the two lines around 1887-91. This Victorian-style station included a three-story tower. The Old Colony Railroad was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (often referred to as just the "New Haven Railroad") in 1893, making South Sudbury one of a small number of stations which served both of New England's two largest railroads.
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