South Truro station
Appearance
South Truro | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ryder Beach Road near Old County Road Truro, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°57′50″N 70°03′57″W / 41.963797°N 70.065807°W | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | July 23, 1873[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | July 17, 1938 | ||||||||||
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South Truro station was a train station located in the southern part of Truro, Massachusetts. The first passenger service was on July 23, 1873.[2][1]
Passenger service through Truro to Provincetown ended in July 1938, but freight service survived until 1960, when the tracks above North Eastham were abandoned.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Andrew T. Eldredge (March 12, 2003). Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands. Arcadia Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4396-2861-4.
- ^ Theriault, Wor. James J. "The Railroad Comes To Provincetown". King Hirams's Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ^ Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. pp. 232, 238. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
External links
[edit]Media related to South Truro station at Wikimedia Commons