South Shore Railroad and Old Colony Railroad Greenbush Line
former braintree station, south shore (left) separated old colony. modern braintree station located mile south along old colony mainline.
before passenger train service stopped in 1959, commuter trains had been using parts of greenbush line on 100 years. train service first started south shore railroad chartered in march 1846 build branch off old colony railroad @ braintree. opened cohasset on january 1, 1849, running 3 round trips per day old colony equipment. south shore separated old colony in 1854. old colony-backed duxbury , cohasset railroad, chartered in 1867, opened south duxbury in 1871 , junction old colony @ kingston in 1874. after economic collapse in 1870s, old colony acquired south shore in 1877 , duxbury , cohasset in 1878 , combined them south shore line.
the nantasket beach railroad opened in 1880 nantasket junction pemberton section of hull in 1880 , joined old colony in 1881. after closing in 1886, reopened in 1888. second track added south shore line in 1890 braintree nantasket junction support nantasket beach service.
in march 1893, old colony railroad , trackage, including south shore line , nantasket beach branch, taken on new york, new haven , hartford railroad.
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