Provincetown station was a train station located on Bradford Street (formerly Back Street) between Alden and Standish Streets in
Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The first scheduled train by the
Old Colony Railroad arrived in Provincetown on July 23, 1873, to much fanfare. It was reported that when the first train with dignitaries arrived the day before,
old cannons boomed out salutes, church bells were rung and a brass band helped the crowd march up to the Pavilion on
High Pole Hill.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad passenger service to Provincetown ended in July 1938 (excepting a brief restoration of service in 1940), but freight service survived until 1960, when the tracks above North Eastham were formally abandoned.
[Ronald Dale Karr, 'The Rail Lines of Southern New England: A Handbook of Railroad History,' Branch Line Press, 1995, p. 338]
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Provincetown, Massachusetts
Former railway stations in Massachusetts
1873 establishments in Massachusetts
1960 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Former Old Colony Railroad stations
Railway stations in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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