Chatham station is a former

railroad station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...

located on Depot Road in

Chatham, Massachusetts Chatham () is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Chatham is located at the southeast tip of Cape Cod and has historically been a fishing community. First settled by the English in 1664, the township was originally called Mo ...

which houses a museum. It has been listed on the

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since 1978,Barnstable County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places (Building # #78000422)
/ref> and it is now home to the Chatham Railroad Museum. The Chatham Railroad Museum features many railroad artifacts, including the

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model locomotives used at the

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. Other displays include original and operating

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equipment, lanterns, badges, signs, tools, timetables, menus and passes, promotional literature, original paintings and prints, calendars, and a restored 1910

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. Service to Chatham was on a line that spurred at

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from the mainline to

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. Service ended to the station in the 1930s. There is no connected railroad track running there for train service. The former

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line ends in South

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and no longer runs to Chatham. The nearest train service is the seasonal '' CapeFlyer'' service at the

Hyannis Transportation Center The Hyannis Transportation Center (HTC) is an intermodal transportation center in Hyannis, Massachusetts, operated by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA). It is the terminus for several CCRTA bus lines and its '' CapeFLYER'' passenger ...

in Hyannis. Plans were made in the first years of the 21st Century to extend the

Cape Cod Rail Trail The Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT) is a paved rail trail located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The trail route passes through the towns of Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, and Wellfleet. It connects to the 6-plus mile (1 ...

into Chatham and west of

and into Barnstable.

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External links

Chatham Railroad Museum
- official website Chatham, Massachusetts Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Old Colony Railroad Stations on Cape Cod Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines Queen Anne architecture in Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1887 Railway stations closed in 1937 Railway stations in Barnstable County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Former railway stations in Massachusetts Museums in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Railroad museums in Massachusetts {{BarnstableCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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