Endicott is an

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track to 141 different stations, with 58 statio ...

station in

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. It serves the

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. It is located off Grant Avenue near East Street. The station is not

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History

The

Norfolk County Railroad The Norfolk County Railroad was a railroad in Massachusetts, United States. Chartered as two different companies in 1846 and 1847, it completed a rail line between Dedham and Blackstone in 1849. A branch to Medway, Massachusetts was built in 18 ...

opened its Boston Extension (the Midland Branch) from

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to Boston on January 1, 1855, to end its dependence on the

Boston and Providence Railroad The Boston and Providence Railroad was a railroad company in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which connected its namesake cities. It opened in two sections in 1834 and 1835 - one of the Rail transport in the United States, first rail ...

for access to downtown Boston. East Street (later known as Elmwood, then Endicott) was among the original stops on the extension. The line was closed from July 14, 1855, until late 1856 due to a lawsuit over grade crossings in Dorchester, and from 1858 to February 11, 1867, due to financial difficulties of various railroads attempting to operate the line. Endicott has been continuously open since 1867, with service via the Midland Branch until 1898 and thereafter mostly via the B&P mainline. A depot building with a ticket office was formerly present at the station. When Dedham Corporate Center station was being constructed in the 1980s, the MBTA considered either closing Endicott station or adding a pedestrian underpass, but neither action was taken. In 2019, the MBTA announced plans to replace the bridge immediately adjacent to the station over East Street. The bridge, which was originally constructed in 1904, is expected to be replaced by the fall of 2022. In 2019, the MBTA listed Endicott as a "Tier I" accessibility priority.

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MBTA - EndicottStation from Google Maps Street View
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Stations along New York and New England Railroad lines Railway stations in Dedham, Massachusetts 1855 establishments in Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855 {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub

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