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{{Infobox SG rail|railroad_name=Boston and Providence Rail Road|logo_filename=no image.png|logo_size=|marks=|locale=Boston, MA to Providence, RI|end_year=|old_gauge=|hq_city=-->The Boston and Providence Rail Road was a former railroad in [New England.

History The Boston and Providence Rail Road was incorporated June 21, 1831 and chartered the next day to build a railroad between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Construction began in late 1832. The first section, from Boston to Canton (MA), with a branch to Dedham (MA) opened in 1834, and the rest opened on July 28 1835 with the completion of the Canton Viaduct. The opening of stations in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts allowed the development of one of the first commuter suburbs in America.Local Attachments : The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape), by Alexander von Hoffman, The Johns Hopkins University Press (1996), ISBN 0-8018-5393-1 Until 1899, when South Station (Boston) opened, the Boston terminal was at Park Square (Boston), with a crossing at-grade of the Boston and Worcester Railroad at the current merge at Back Bay (MBTA station) station (also opened in 1899, only serving the B&P). The original Providence terminal was at Fox Point (Providence), from which it ran east along the Seekonk River shore and over the river into East Providence (RI) (then part of Seekonk, Massachusetts) before turning north towards Boston. A ferry across the Providence River connected Fox Point to the South Providence, Rhode Island terminal of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad (opened 1837).

In 1847 the Providence and Worcester Railroad opened its line between downtown Providence and Worcester, Massachusetts. At the same time, the B&P built a connection west from its main line in southern Attleboro (MA) to the P&W in Central Falls (RI). The B&P and P&W jointly owned the line south of Central Falls into downtown Providence. (In 1848 the NYP&B connected its line south of downtown Providence to downtown, removing the gap through Providence.)

On April 1, 1888, the Old Colony Railroad leased the B&P for 99 years. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad leased the Old Colony on March 1, 1893 and assumed the lease. The New Haven used the B&P as part of its main Boston-New York (City) Shore Line, and it still has that status, as part of the route of Amtrak's Acela Express.

When Boston's new South Station (Boston) union station opened in 1899, a new line was built along the south side of the Boston and Albany Railroad to the new station, located near the B&A's old terminal. The old line to Park Square was abandoned.

The East Side Railroad Tunnel opened in 1908 between East Providence (RI) and downtown Providence (RI). This provided a second route into Providence, using the old alignment to East Providence and then running through the tunnel. The tunnel is no longer in use, having been disconnected on the downtown side, with its entrance located underneath What Cheer building owned by RISD.

The Penn Central bought the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad in 1968. In 1973, the MBTA purchased the portion of the Boston and Providence main line in Massachusetts, including the Stoughton Branch, forming what is now the Providence/Stoughton Line. The portion in Rhode Island was sold to Amtrak in 1976.

Branches Dedham The first branch was the Dedham Branch to Dedham (MA) from Readville (MBTA station), opened in 1834 with the first section of the railroad. The Norfolk County Railroad opened in 1849, continuing from Dedham to the southwest. In 1850 a second branch to Dedham opened from Forest Hills (MBTA station), forming a loop through Dedham. Another outlet for the Dedham Branch opened in 1906, with a connection west to the New York and New England Railroad at Needham Junction. The Dedham Branch from Forest Hills to that connection is still in use as the Needham Branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail, but the rest of the Dedham loop has been abandoned.

Stoughton The Stoughton Branch Railroad was incorporated April 16, 1844 as a branch of the B&P from Canton Junction to Stoughton (MA). It opened in early 1845, and is still in use for passenger service as a branch of the main line to Attleboro and Providence.

Easton The Easton Branch Railroad was incorporated in 1854 and opened in 1855 as a continuation of the Stoughton Branch beyond Stoughton. In 1865 the Old Colony and Newport Railroad bought the line and incorporated the majority of it into its main line.

Taunton The Taunton Branch Railroad was incorporated in 1835 to build a branch from the B&P in Mansfield (MA) to Taunton (MA), opening in 1836. The branch was operated by the B&P until 1840, when the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad opened, continuing the line past Taunton.

In 1870 the Mansfield and Framingham Railroad opened, continuing the Taunton Branch northwest on the other side of the B&P. A connection between the Taunton Branch northwest of Taunton and the B&P in Attleboro (MA) opened in 1871, having been built by the Taunton Branch.

Attleborough The Attleborough Branch Railroad also opened in 1870, running from the B&P in Attleboro (MA) northwest to North Attleborough (MA). It was leased to the B&P, and was later connected to a branch of the Old Colony Railroad system in 1890.

Moshassuck Valley The Moshassuck Valley Railroad was chartered in 1874 and opened in 1876 as a branch from the joint B&P/P&W at Woodlawn, Rhode Island north to Saylesville, Rhode Island. The company remained independent until 1981, when it was bought by the P&W.

Seekonk The Seekonk Branch Railroad was a short spur on the east side of the Seekonk River, running from the B&P south to a dock on the river. It was incorporated in 1836 and opened soon after, with the hope that the company would be able to run its own trains over the B&P as with a highway. As a result of this, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a law that a railroad company could refuse any traffic on its road, and the company was a failure. The B&P bought it in 1839, and the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad built a line beginning from it in 1855.

Warren, Bristol and Fall River The Providence and Bristol Railroad was incorporated in 1850 and 1851, and reorganized in 1852 as the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad. That line opened in 1855 from the old Seekonk Branch in East Providence (RI) southeast to Warren (RI) and south to Bristol (RI). It was owned by the B&P through a majority of stock, and directly leased the Old Colony Railroad in 1891.

The Warren and Fall River Railroad was incorporated in Rhode Island in 1856, and the Fall River and Warren Railroad in Massachusetts in 1857. In 1860 the two were merged to form the Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad, opening later in 1860 from Warren (RI) east to Somerset (MA), across the Taunton River from Fall River (MA). In 1875 a new bridge opened, connecting to the Old Colony Railroad in Fall River. At that time, the company was leased by the Old Colony; before that it had been controlled by the B&P.

Station listing {| border=0!State!Milepost!City!Station!Opening date!Connections and notes|-|rowspan=25|Massachusetts||rowspan=14|Boston (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| South Station (MBTA station)|1899 and all south side [Commuter Rail (MBTA) lines
Amtrak Acela Express, Regional (Amtrak) and Lake Shore Limited|[1899
[Amtrak Acela Express, Regional (Amtrak) and Lake Shore Limited
original line continued northeast from here to Boston (B&P station) at Park Square (Boston)|-|227.1|Chickering (B&P station)||closed|-|226.7|bgcolor=ffdfff| Ruggles (MBTA station)|October 5, 1987|-|226.3|[Roxbury (B&P station)||closed|-|225.6|Heath (B&P station)||closed|-|225.0|Boylston (B&P station)||closed|-|224.5|Jamaica Plain (B&P station)||closed|-|223.9|Forest Hills (MBTA station)|||Orange Line (MBTA); only served by Needham Line trains
Needham Line (old Dedham Branch) splits]||closed November 2, 1979||closed|-|221.2|[Hazelwood (B&P station)||closed|-|220.7|bgcolor=ffdfff| Hyde Park (MBTA station)|October 5, 1987, [1979||only served by trains using the [Fairmount Line
Franklin Line splits and Fairmount Line joins (both part of the Midland Railroad (Massachusetts) (NYNH&H))
split with Dedham Branch|rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffdfff| [Route 128 (MBTA station)|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Amtrak Acela Express and Regional (Amtrak)
originally Green Lodge|-|Westwood (MA)|-||rowspan=2|Canton (MA)|Dedham Road (B&P station)||closed|-|214.1|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Junction (MBTA station)||split with #Stoughton Branch|-|211.0|Sharon (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff|Sharon (MBTA station)|-|206.4|Foxborough (MA)|East Foxboro (MBTA station)||closed November 1977|bgcolor=ffdfff| [Mansfield (MBTA station)||junction with Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad (NYNH&H), now the line to Foxboro (MBTA station) (special events)|-|197.1|rowspan=4|Attleboro (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Attleboro (MBTA station)||junction with Attleborough Branch Railroad and Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Attleborough Branch (NYNH&H)]||not a station
split with old main line to East Providence (RI)|-|193.9|Hebronville (B&P station)||closed|-|191.9|bgcolor=ffdfff| South Attleboro (MBTA station)|June 20, 1990|190.9|[Central Falls (RI)|Boston Switch|-|188.5|rowspan=2|[Pawtucket (RI)|Pawtucket-Central Falls (MBTA station)||closed February 19, 1981||not a station
junction with [Moshassuck Valley Railroad|bgcolor=ffdfff| [Providence (MBTA station)|February 1, 1988 [Acela Express and Regional (Amtrak)
temporarily closed February 19, 1981 (but still served by Amtrak)] station is planned on the old New York, Providence and Boston Railroad in Warwick (RI).

Stoughton Branch {| border=0!State!Milepost!City!Station!Opening date!Connections and notes|-|rowspan=3|Massachusetts|0.0|rowspan=2|Canton (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Junction (MBTA station)||splits from main line to Attleboro|-|0.6|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Center (MBTA station)|-|18.3 (~4)|Stoughton (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Stoughton (MBTA station)||continued as Easton Branch Railroad|}

External links

• Boston & Providence Railroad & Historical Society

• Canton Viaduct

• MBTA - The Providence/Stoughton Line

References

• Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district (PDF)
• Railroad History Database
• Mileposts from FRA Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Files

{{Infobox SG rail|railroad_name=Boston and Providence Rail Road|logo_filename=no image.png|logo_size=|marks=|locale=Boston, MA to Providence, RI|end_year=|old_gauge=|hq_city=-->The Boston and Providence Rail Road was a former railroad in [New England.

History The Boston and Providence Rail Road was incorporated June 21, 1831 and chartered the next day to build a railroad between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Construction began in late 1832. The first section, from Boston to Canton (MA), with a branch to Dedham (MA) opened in 1834, and the rest opened on July 28 1835 with the completion of the Canton Viaduct. The opening of stations in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts allowed the development of one of the first commuter suburbs in America.Local Attachments : The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape), by Alexander von Hoffman, The Johns Hopkins University Press (1996), ISBN 0-8018-5393-1 Until 1899, when South Station (Boston) opened, the Boston terminal was at Park Square (Boston), with a crossing at-grade of the Boston and Worcester Railroad at the current merge at Back Bay (MBTA station) station (also opened in 1899, only serving the B&P). The original Providence terminal was at Fox Point (Providence), from which it ran east along the Seekonk River shore and over the river into East Providence (RI) (then part of Seekonk, Massachusetts) before turning north towards Boston. A ferry across the Providence River connected Fox Point to the South Providence, Rhode Island terminal of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad (opened 1837).

In 1847 the Providence and Worcester Railroad opened its line between downtown Providence and Worcester, Massachusetts. At the same time, the B&P built a connection west from its main line in southern Attleboro (MA) to the P&W in Central Falls (RI). The B&P and P&W jointly owned the line south of Central Falls into downtown Providence. (In 1848 the NYP&B connected its line south of downtown Providence to downtown, removing the gap through Providence.)

On April 1, 1888, the Old Colony Railroad leased the B&P for 99 years. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad leased the Old Colony on March 1, 1893 and assumed the lease. The New Haven used the B&P as part of its main Boston-New York (City) Shore Line, and it still has that status, as part of the route of Amtrak's Acela Express.

When Boston's new South Station (Boston) union station opened in 1899, a new line was built along the south side of the Boston and Albany Railroad to the new station, located near the B&A's old terminal. The old line to Park Square was abandoned.

The East Side Railroad Tunnel opened in 1908 between East Providence (RI) and downtown Providence (RI). This provided a second route into Providence, using the old alignment to East Providence and then running through the tunnel. The tunnel is no longer in use, having been disconnected on the downtown side, with its entrance located underneath What Cheer building owned by RISD.

The Penn Central bought the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad in 1968. In 1973, the MBTA purchased the portion of the Boston and Providence main line in Massachusetts, including the Stoughton Branch, forming what is now the Providence/Stoughton Line. The portion in Rhode Island was sold to Amtrak in 1976.

Branches Dedham The first branch was the Dedham Branch to Dedham (MA) from Readville (MBTA station), opened in 1834 with the first section of the railroad. The Norfolk County Railroad opened in 1849, continuing from Dedham to the southwest. In 1850 a second branch to Dedham opened from Forest Hills (MBTA station), forming a loop through Dedham. Another outlet for the Dedham Branch opened in 1906, with a connection west to the New York and New England Railroad at Needham Junction. The Dedham Branch from Forest Hills to that connection is still in use as the Needham Branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail, but the rest of the Dedham loop has been abandoned.

Stoughton The Stoughton Branch Railroad was incorporated April 16, 1844 as a branch of the B&P from Canton Junction to Stoughton (MA). It opened in early 1845, and is still in use for passenger service as a branch of the main line to Attleboro and Providence.

Easton The Easton Branch Railroad was incorporated in 1854 and opened in 1855 as a continuation of the Stoughton Branch beyond Stoughton. In 1865 the Old Colony and Newport Railroad bought the line and incorporated the majority of it into its main line.

Taunton The Taunton Branch Railroad was incorporated in 1835 to build a branch from the B&P in Mansfield (MA) to Taunton (MA), opening in 1836. The branch was operated by the B&P until 1840, when the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad opened, continuing the line past Taunton.

In 1870 the Mansfield and Framingham Railroad opened, continuing the Taunton Branch northwest on the other side of the B&P. A connection between the Taunton Branch northwest of Taunton and the B&P in Attleboro (MA) opened in 1871, having been built by the Taunton Branch.

Attleborough The Attleborough Branch Railroad also opened in 1870, running from the B&P in Attleboro (MA) northwest to North Attleborough (MA). It was leased to the B&P, and was later connected to a branch of the Old Colony Railroad system in 1890.

Moshassuck Valley The Moshassuck Valley Railroad was chartered in 1874 and opened in 1876 as a branch from the joint B&P/P&W at Woodlawn, Rhode Island north to Saylesville, Rhode Island. The company remained independent until 1981, when it was bought by the P&W.

Seekonk The Seekonk Branch Railroad was a short spur on the east side of the Seekonk River, running from the B&P south to a dock on the river. It was incorporated in 1836 and opened soon after, with the hope that the company would be able to run its own trains over the B&P as with a highway. As a result of this, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a law that a railroad company could refuse any traffic on its road, and the company was a failure. The B&P bought it in 1839, and the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad built a line beginning from it in 1855.

Warren, Bristol and Fall River The Providence and Bristol Railroad was incorporated in 1850 and 1851, and reorganized in 1852 as the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad. That line opened in 1855 from the old Seekonk Branch in East Providence (RI) southeast to Warren (RI) and south to Bristol (RI). It was owned by the B&P through a majority of stock, and directly leased the Old Colony Railroad in 1891.

The Warren and Fall River Railroad was incorporated in Rhode Island in 1856, and the Fall River and Warren Railroad in Massachusetts in 1857. In 1860 the two were merged to form the Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad, opening later in 1860 from Warren (RI) east to Somerset (MA), across the Taunton River from Fall River (MA). In 1875 a new bridge opened, connecting to the Old Colony Railroad in Fall River. At that time, the company was leased by the Old Colony; before that it had been controlled by the B&P.

Station listing {| border=0!State!Milepost!City!Station!Opening date!Connections and notes|-|rowspan=25|Massachusetts||rowspan=14|Boston (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| South Station (MBTA station)|1899 and all south side [Commuter Rail (MBTA) lines
Amtrak Acela Express, Regional (Amtrak) and Lake Shore Limited|[1899
[Amtrak Acela Express, Regional (Amtrak) and Lake Shore Limited
original line continued northeast from here to Boston (B&P station) at Park Square (Boston)|-|227.1|Chickering (B&P station)||closed|-|226.7|bgcolor=ffdfff| Ruggles (MBTA station)|October 5, 1987|-|226.3|[Roxbury (B&P station)||closed|-|225.6|Heath (B&P station)||closed|-|225.0|Boylston (B&P station)||closed|-|224.5|Jamaica Plain (B&P station)||closed|-|223.9|Forest Hills (MBTA station)|||Orange Line (MBTA); only served by Needham Line trains
Needham Line (old Dedham Branch) splits]||closed November 2, 1979||closed|-|221.2|[Hazelwood (B&P station)||closed|-|220.7|bgcolor=ffdfff| Hyde Park (MBTA station)|October 5, 1987, [1979||only served by trains using the [Fairmount Line
Franklin Line splits and Fairmount Line joins (both part of the Midland Railroad (Massachusetts) (NYNH&H))
split with Dedham Branch|rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffdfff| [Route 128 (MBTA station)|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Amtrak Acela Express and Regional (Amtrak)
originally Green Lodge|-|Westwood (MA)|-||rowspan=2|Canton (MA)|Dedham Road (B&P station)||closed|-|214.1|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Junction (MBTA station)||split with #Stoughton Branch|-|211.0|Sharon (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff|Sharon (MBTA station)|-|206.4|Foxborough (MA)|East Foxboro (MBTA station)||closed November 1977|bgcolor=ffdfff| [Mansfield (MBTA station)||junction with Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad (NYNH&H), now the line to Foxboro (MBTA station) (special events)|-|197.1|rowspan=4|Attleboro (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Attleboro (MBTA station)||junction with Attleborough Branch Railroad and Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Attleborough Branch (NYNH&H)]||not a station
split with old main line to East Providence (RI)|-|193.9|Hebronville (B&P station)||closed|-|191.9|bgcolor=ffdfff| South Attleboro (MBTA station)|June 20, 1990|190.9|[Central Falls (RI)|Boston Switch|-|188.5|rowspan=2|[Pawtucket (RI)|Pawtucket-Central Falls (MBTA station)||closed February 19, 1981||not a station
junction with [Moshassuck Valley Railroad|bgcolor=ffdfff| [Providence (MBTA station)|February 1, 1988 [Acela Express and Regional (Amtrak)
temporarily closed February 19, 1981 (but still served by Amtrak)] station is planned on the old New York, Providence and Boston Railroad in Warwick (RI).

Stoughton Branch {| border=0!State!Milepost!City!Station!Opening date!Connections and notes|-|rowspan=3|Massachusetts|0.0|rowspan=2|Canton (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Junction (MBTA station)||splits from main line to Attleboro|-|0.6|bgcolor=ffdfff| Canton Center (MBTA station)|-|18.3 (~4)|Stoughton (MA)|bgcolor=ffdfff| Stoughton (MBTA station)||continued as Easton Branch Railroad|}

External links

• Boston & Providence Railroad & Historical Society

• Canton Viaduct

• MBTA - The Providence/Stoughton Line

References

• Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district (PDF)
• Railroad History Database
• Mileposts from FRA Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Files