Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad

The Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad was a railroad in Massachusetts. It was incorporated in 1890 to provide a rail link between the towns of Middleborough and Plymouth, Massachusetts through Carver. The line was 15 miles long and opened for service on November 30, 1892. The next day, it was leased to the Old Colony Railroad for 99 years.[1]

In 1893, it became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad as part of the lease of the entire Old Colony Railroad network.[2]

Stations[3]

  • Middleborough (Junction with Old Colony main line)
  • Plympton Street (Middleborough)
  • East Middleborough
  • North Carver
  • Darby, near Darby Pond in West Plymouth[4][5]
  • Plymouth

According to The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, the Plymouth and Middleborough was chartered in 1890 to give Plymouth direct access to the south and west rather than routing all traffic north to Boston. The road did not produce the anticipated traffic. Passenger service ended in 1927. Traffic between North Carver and Plymouth was discontinued in 1934. Most of the line's traffic was cranberries shipped in October, November, and December. The New York, New Haven and Hartford petitioned to abandon the line in 1938 and there were no objections. The line was officially abandoned in 1939 and the rails were removed shortly thereafter.

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Feb 15, 1911, page 437
  2. Weston, Thomas (1906). History of the Town of Middleboro, Vol. 1. Cambridge: Riverside Press. p. 512. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. 1891 Atlas of Massachusetts, Plate 007
  4. Baker, James W. (2005). "Plymouth Labor and Leisure". Arcadia Publishing (Images of America series). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. On this thread, see the map(s). "Postal History: Where Was Darby, Massachusetts?". StampCommunity.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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