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The small wooden shelter was built in a Japanese style, as nearly all consecutive stations on the line were built in a unique style to create the illusion of variety.'''<ref name=":26" />'''<ref name="CM">{{cite book |last1=The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. |title=The Central Mass |date=2008 |publisher=Marker Press |isbn=978-0-9662736-3-2 |edition=Second |location=Brimfield, MA |page=1 |ref=CM}}</ref>{{rp|87–90}} The name of the architect responsible for their design has been lost to time.<ref name="CM" />{{rp|87}} The station was located on Dutton Road in what is now the [[Wayside Inn Historic District]]. Passengers included innkeeper Edward Lemon, [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Henry Ford]].<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=33 Wayside Inn Railroad Waiting Room |url=http://sudbury01776.org/tour2.html#stop=32 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Sudbury Historical Society}}</ref> |
The small wooden shelter was built in a Japanese style, as nearly all consecutive stations on the line were built in a unique style to create the illusion of variety.'''<ref name=":26" />'''<ref name="CM">{{cite book |last1=The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. |title=The Central Mass |date=2008 |publisher=Marker Press |isbn=978-0-9662736-3-2 |edition=Second |location=Brimfield, MA |page=1 |ref=CM}}</ref>{{rp|87–90}} The name of the architect responsible for their design has been lost to time.<ref name="CM" />{{rp|87}} The station was located on Dutton Road in what is now the [[Wayside Inn Historic District]]. Passengers included innkeeper Edward Lemon, [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Henry Ford]].<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=33 Wayside Inn Railroad Waiting Room |url=http://sudbury01776.org/tour2.html#stop=32 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Sudbury Historical Society}}</ref> |
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In 2022, a buried transmission line project between Sudbury and Hudson began construction under the former [[Central Massachusetts Railroad]] ROW for which it provided service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudbury-Hudson—Eversource |url=https://etlcorp.com/projects/sudbury-hudson-eversource/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=E.T. & L. Corp. |language=en-US}}</ref> This project subsidized the cost of building a section of the [[Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside]], which was named for this station and the Inn, and which is expected to complete construction in 2025.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Autler |first=Gerald |title=Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mass-central-rail-trail-wayside |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |language=en}}</ref> As part of this project, [[Department of Conservation and Recreation|DCR]] will install granite markers to commemorate the archaeological site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission, NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Regarding the Sudbury-Hudson Transmission Reliability and Mass Central Rail Trail Project, Hudson, Stow, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Massachusetts |url=https://sudbury.ma.us/historicalcommission/wp-content/uploads/sites/300/2022/11/NAE-2017-01406-20221019_Executed_MOA.pdf |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts}}</ref> |
In 2022, a buried transmission line project between Sudbury and Hudson began construction under the former [[Central Massachusetts Railroad]] ROW for which it provided service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudbury-Hudson—Eversource |url=https://etlcorp.com/projects/sudbury-hudson-eversource/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=E.T. & L. Corp. |language=en-US}}</ref> This project subsidized the cost of building a section of the [[Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside]], which was named for this station and the Inn, and which is expected to complete construction in 2025.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Autler |first=Gerald |title=Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mass-central-rail-trail-wayside |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |language=en}}</ref> As part of this project, [[Department of Conservation and Recreation|DCR]] will install granite markers to commemorate the archaeological site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission, NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Regarding the Sudbury-Hudson Transmission Reliability and Mass Central Rail Trail Project, Hudson, Stow, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Massachusetts |url=https://sudbury.ma.us/historicalcommission/wp-content/uploads/sites/300/2022/11/NAE-2017-01406-20221019_Executed_MOA.pdf |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Sudbury, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°22′28″N 71°27′24″W / 42.374467°N 71.456761°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Massachusetts Central Railroad Central Massachusetts Railroad | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1881 | ||||||||||
Closed | Before 1944 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1897 | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Wayside Inn station, later known as the Wayside Inn Railroad Waiting Room[1], was a flag stop station in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Background
[edit]Created by the Massachusetts Central Railroad in 1881 as a simple platform, it was named for the Wayside Inn approximately a mile south, to which it provided service.[2]: 192 By 1885 the successor Central Massachusetts Railroad provided service, and by 1887 the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) leased the ROW and named it the Central Massachusetts Branch. By 1897 a shelter building was built by B&M.[2]: 192 The building was burned down by vandals sometime in the 1940s and no remains of it are visible today.[2]: 192
The small wooden shelter was built in a Japanese style, as nearly all consecutive stations on the line were built in a unique style to create the illusion of variety.[1][3]: 87–90 The name of the architect responsible for their design has been lost to time.[3]: 87 The station was located on Dutton Road in what is now the Wayside Inn Historic District. Passengers included innkeeper Edward Lemon, Babe Ruth and Henry Ford.[1]
In 2022, a buried transmission line project between Sudbury and Hudson began construction under the former Central Massachusetts Railroad ROW for which it provided service.[4] This project subsidized the cost of building a section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside, which was named for this station and the Inn, and which is expected to complete construction in 2025.[5] As part of this project, DCR will install granite markers to commemorate the archaeological site.[6]: 6
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "33 Wayside Inn Railroad Waiting Room". Sudbury Historical Society. 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ a b c Plumb, Brian E. (2011). A History of Longfellow's Wayside Inn. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1609493967.
- ^ a b The Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. (2008). The Central Mass (Second ed.). Brimfield, MA: Marker Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-9662736-3-2.
- ^ "Sudbury-Hudson—Eversource". E.T. & L. Corp. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ Autler, Gerald. "Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside". Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Memorandum of Agreement Between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission, NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Regarding the Sudbury-Hudson Transmission Reliability and Mass Central Rail Trail Project, Hudson, Stow, Marlborough, and Sudbury, Massachusetts" (PDF). Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations
- Buildings and structures in Sudbury, Massachusetts
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881
- Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1940s
- 1881 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1940s disestablishments in Massachusetts
- Railway stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts railway station stubs