Stony Brook station (Boston and Maine Railroad)

Stony Brook
Stony Brook
	The former station site, photographed in 2017
Location	U.S. Route 20, Weston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′8.16″N 71°16′15.42″W / 42.3689333°N 71.2709500°WCoordinates: 42°22′8.16″N 71°16′15.42″W / 42.3689333°N 71.2709500°W
Line(s)	Fitchburg Route
History
Closed	June 14, 1959

Stony Brook station was a Boston and Maine Railroad station in Weston, Massachusetts along what is currently the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Fitchburg Line. The station was located adjacent to the Upper Post Road (US-20), with a building on the inbound (southwest) side of the tracks. It is named for Stony Brook, which runs through Weston.

History[]

When the Central Massachusetts Railroad was first being planned in the late 1870s, it was to have diverged from the Fitchburg Railroad 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.^[1] The adjacent grade crossing of the Boston Post Road was replaced by a road bridge in 1930.^[2]^[3]

In December 1958, the B&M proposed to close Stony Brook station, along with ten other stations on the line.^[4] The station was closed along with seven of the other stations as part of systemwide cuts on June 14, 1959.^[5] 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.^[6]

References[]

^ Thomas J. Humphrey and the Central Transportation Planning Staff (September 1996). "Appendix B: Further Details on Former Central Mass. Alignment Between Waltham and Boston" (PDF). Central Mass. Commuter Rail Feasibility Study. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010.
^ "Waltham". Boston Globe. May 27, 1930. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Waltham". Boston Globe. December 4, 1930. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "B. & M. Seeks to Drop 78 Trains, 27 Stops". Boston Globe. December 5, 1958. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Train Cuts Due June 12". Brattleboro Reformer. May 14, 1959. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Plotkin, A.S. (November 9, 1973). "$100m parking plans snagged by lot abuttors". Boston Globe. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.