Stony Brook station was a

Boston and Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B ...

station in

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along what is currently the

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

(MBTA)

Fitchburg Line The Fitchburg Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which runs from Boston's North Station to Wachusett station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The line is along the tracks of the former Fitchburg Railroad, which was built across norther ...

. The station was located adjacent to the

Upper Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into one of the first major highways in the United States. The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road (now U.S. Ro ...

( US-20), with a building on the inbound (southwest) side of the tracks. It is named for Stony Brook, which runs through Weston.

History

Stony Brook station was open on the

Fitchburg Railroad The Fitchburg Railroad is a former railroad company, which built a railroad line across northern Massachusetts, United States, leading to and through the Hoosac Tunnel. The Fitchburg was leased to the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1900. The main li ...

by 1858. When the

Central Massachusetts Railroad The Central Massachusetts Railroad was a railroad in Massachusetts. The eastern terminus of the line was at North Cambridge Junction where it split off from the Middlesex Central Branch of the Boston and Lowell Railroad in North Cambridge and ...

was first being planned in the late 1870s, it was to have diverged from the

mainline at Stony Brook Junction, just past the station. However, a separate route through Waltham was built instead, and the Central Mass instead crossed the Fitchburg on a bridge at Stony Brook Junction. The adjacent grade crossing of the

Boston Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into one of the first major highways in the United States. The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road (now U.S. Ro ...

was replaced by a road bridge in 1930. In December 1958, the B&M proposed to close Stony Brook station, along with ten other stations on the line. The station was closed along with seven of the other stations as part of systemwide cuts on June 14, 1959. In 1973, the MBTA proposed building a number of new parking garages to serve suburban commuters. One possible location was at the former Stony Brook site, but nothing came of that plan.

References

External links

Station site viewed from Route 20 on Google Maps Street View
Stations along Boston and Maine Railroad lines Demolished railway stations in the United States Railway stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Former railway stations in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub