Wareham (Amtrak station)

WAREHAM VILLAGE
Partially constructed platform in June 2014
Location	Merchants Way, Wareham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°45′30″N 70°42′53″W / 41.75833°N 70.71472°W / 41.75833; -70.71472Coordinates: 41°45′30″N 70°42′53″W / 41.75833°N 70.71472°W / 41.75833; -70.71472
Line(s)	Cape Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes; shared with nearby businesses
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1847; 1986; June 27, 2014
Closed	1964; 1996
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Middleborough/​Lakeville toward South Station CapeFLYER Buzzards Bay toward Hyannis
Former services Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Taunton toward New York Penn Cape Codder 1986-1996 Buzzards Bay toward Hyannis Preceding station   Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad   Following station Middleborough toward Braintree Braintree-Hyannis 1984-1988 Buzzards Bay toward Hyannis or Falmouth Taunton toward Attleboro Attleboro Branch 1988

Wareham Village is a train station that is located on Merchants Way in Wareham, Massachusetts. Service to Wareham formerly ran from 1848 until 1959. A shelter, built in 1985 for short-lived Amtrak and commuter service, is currently unused. A new platform constructed nearby for the CapeFLYER summer weekend service (and possible future MBTA Commuter Rail service) opened for the CapeFLYER on June 27, 2014.

The Cape Cod Railroad was completed from Middleborough to Wareham in January 1848, with later extensions to Buzzards Bay and onto Cape Cod itself. Stations were located at a number of locations in Wareham: Tremont (West Wareham) at the junction with the Fairhaven Branch at Pierceville Road, South Wareham (Burbanks) at Station Road, Parker Mills at Elm Street, Wareham on Main Street at Centre Street, Tempest Knob at Indian Neck Road, Onset (known by a variety of names) at Depot Street, and Cohasset Narrows at Onset Avenue. The line was taken over by the Old Colony Railroad in 1872, which itself became part of the New Haven Railroad system in 1893. The New Haven built a new station in 1900. Regular commuter and mainline service to Wareham lasted until 1959, with brief summer service revivals in the early 1960s. The 1900-built station was torn down in 1965.

A new Wareham station was built by the town of Wareham in 1985, consisting of an open air shelter and a set of restrooms. The station was served by Amtrak's Cape Codder from 1986 to 1996, and the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad from 1984 to 1988.

Original plans for the reopening of the Middleborough/Lakeville Line in the 1990s called for service to Wareham or beyond; however, plans were scaled back and the line was only opened to Middleborough/Lakeville in 1997. In 2007, the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization released a report evaluating the possibility of commuter rail service to Buzzards Bay including an intermediate stop at Wareham. Noting that parking is constrained in downtown Wareham, the report considered an additional station at County Road (continuation of MA-58) near West Wareham. This site would have more space for parking lots, and close access to I-495. However, other projects like the Greenbush Line received priority and the extension to Wareham and beyond was not advanced.