Lenox station is a former

Housatonic Railroad The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, an ...

train station in Lenox, Massachusetts. Built in 1902, it served as the town's railroad station, on a line of the

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...

, until 1970. Now home to the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, it serves as a stop on the heritage railroad service provided by the museum. It was listed on the

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in 1989 as Lenox Railroad Station.

Description and history

The former Lenox Railroad Station is located in eastern Lenox, at the northeast corner of Housatonic Road and Willow Creek Road. The railroad tracks run between the station and Woods Pond, a wide bulge in the Housatonic River. The station itself is stories in height, with attached covered passenger shelters extending along the platform to the north and south. The station is Tudor Revival in style, with a stucco and false half-timbered exterior. The station was built in 1902 by the

(or New Haven Railroad), replacing the one that had been built around 1850 by the Stockbridge & Pittsfield Railroad and which had burned to the ground the previous year. It is architecturally unusual in the region, where the Tudor Revival was not commonly seen in railroad station architecture. The station and line were acquired by the

, which became the Berkshire Division of the New Haven Railroad in 1892. From 1937 the

Tanglewood Tanglewood is a music venue in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. It has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. Tanglewood is also home to three music schools: the ...

hosted summer music events five miles to the west of the station. In peak mid-20th century years of passenger service, the '' Berkshire,'' ''Housatonic,'' ''Litchfield,'' ''Mahaiwe,'' ''Mahkeenac,'' ''Taconic,'' ''Umpachanee,'' and unnamed trains on the New Haven's Berkshire Division made stops at the station on trips between New York City and Pittsfield. The station went out of full year service in 1958; thereafter, trains made stops at the station only from May 26 to October 26.'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1968, New Haven Railroad section, Table 12 The last summer of passenger service was 1970, prior to Amtrak's assuming the

Penn Central The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the ...

's operation of intercity trains on May 1, 1971. It now serves as the home of the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum.

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Lenox Museum (Official site)
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Description and history

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