Clematis Brook station

Clematis Brook was an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Waltham, Massachusetts. It served the Fitchburg Line, and was located in the Warrendale section of Waltham. It was closed in 1978 due to poor ridership.

Clematis Brook
The former station site photographed in 2015
Location	Beaver Street Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.382879°N 71.207558°W / 42.382879; -71.207558
Owned by	Boston and Maine Railroad
Line(s)	Fitchburg Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Closed	June 1978[1]
Service at time of closure
Preceding station MBTA Following station Beaver Brook toward South Acton Fitchburg Line Waverley toward North Station

History

Former switch to the Central Mass Branch west of the station

The Fitchburg Railroad was completed through Waltham in 1845. In 1881, it was joined by the Central Massachusetts Railroad, which paralleled it from west of Beaver Street to the Fitchburg Cutoff. Both railroads had Clematis Brook stations located on the east side of Beaver Street.[2] The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) gained control of the Central Massachusetts in 1887, followed by the Fitchburg in 1900. By 1904, Clematis Brook was served by a single station between the two lines; similar consolidation of nearby Waverley, Belmont, and Hill Crossing came later.[3]

In 1952, the B&M abandoned the duplicate Central Mass tracks during a grade separation project at Waverley. After the track consolidation, the Central Mass Branch diverged from the Fitchburg mainline just west of Clematis Brook. By the time the MBTA began subsidizing service in 1965, Clematis Brook was no longer served by the single Central Mass Branch round trip (which was discontinued in 1971).[1] Like nearby Beaver Brook station, Clematis Brook was only served by a handful of rush hour trips. The two stations were closed in June 1978, along with Winchester Highlands station on the Lowell Line, due to poor ridership.[1] No remains of the station are present.

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan (March 28, 2018). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2018" (PDF). NETransit.
2. Walker, O.W. (1891). Atlas Plate No. 4. Atlas of Massachusetts. Geo. H. Walker & Co. pp. 39–39 – via Ward Maps.
3. Walker, O.W. (1904). Part of the Metropolitan District (Belmont and Vicinity). Atlas of Massachusetts. Geo. H. Walker & Co. pp. 58–59 – via Ward Maps.

External links

Media related to Clematis Brook station at Wikimedia Commons