Old Colony Division
The Old Colony Division was the former Old Colony Railroad.
| Name | From | To | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Branch Railroad | Framingham Centre | Pratt's Junction | Lancaster Mills Branch, Lancaster Mills Junction to Lancaster Mills Marlborough Branch, Marlborough Junction to Marlborough |
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| Attleborough Branch Railroad | Attleboro | North Attleborough | later operated as a streetcar line | |
| Boston and Providence Railroad | Boston | Rhode Island state line in Attleboro | Dedham Branch, Forest Hills to Readville via Dedham East Providence Branch, East Junction to Rhode Island state line in Attleboro Needham Branch, West Roxbury to Needham Junction |
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| Boston and Worcester Railroad Framingham Branch | Framingham | Framingham Centre | ||
| Bridgewater Branch Railroad | Whitman Junction | Bridgewater Junction | ||
| Cape Cod Railroad | Orleans | Provincetown | ||
| Cape Cod Branch Railroad | Middleborough | Hyannis | Woods Hole Branch, Buzzards Bay to Woods Hole | |
| Cape Cod Central Railroad | Yarmouth | Orleans | ||
| Chatham Railroad | Harwich | Chatham | ||
| Dighton and Somerset Railroad | South Braintree | Somerset Junction | Part was built by the Easton Branch Railroad | |
| Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad | Neponset | Mattapan | ||
| Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad | Cohasset | Kingston | ||
| Easton Branch Railroad | Stoughton | Easton | ||
| Fairhaven Branch Railroad | West Wareham Junction | Fairhaven | ||
| Fall River Branch Railroad | Myricks | Fall River | ||
| Fall River Railroad | Braintree Highlands | Myricks | ||
| Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad | Fitchburg | Sterling Junction | ||
| Fore River Railroad | East Braintree | Quincy Point | Owned by Bethlehem Steel | |
| Framingham and Lowell Railroad | Framingham | Lowell | ||
| Granite Branch Railroad | Atlantic | Braintree | ||
| Hanover Branch Railroad | North Abington | Hanover | ||
| Mansfield and Framingham Railroad | Mansfield | Framingham | ||
| Middleborough and Taunton Railroad | Middleborough | Middleborough Junction | ||
| Nantasket Beach Railroad | Nantasket Junction | Pemberton | ||
| New Bedford and Fall River Railroad | short connecting track at Taunton | |||
| New Bedford and Taunton Railroad | Taunton | New Bedford | Fall River Branch, New Bedford to Fall River | |
| Old Colony Railroad | Boston | Plymouth | ||
| Old Colony Railroad Easton Branch | Matfield | Easton | ||
| Old Colony Railroad Elmwood Branch | Westdale | Elmwood | ||
| Old Colony Railroad Raynham Branch | Whittenton Junction | Raynham | ||
| Old Colony Railroad Wrentham Branch | Adamsdale Junction | Norwood Central | ||
| Old Colony and Fall River Railroad | Fall River | Rhode Island state line in Fall River | ||
| Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad | Plymouth | Middleborough | ||
| Shawmut Branch Railroad | Milton | Harrison Square | ||
| South Shore Railroad | Braintree | Cohasset | ||
| Stoughton Branch Railroad | Canton Junction | Stoughton | ||
| Taunton Branch Railroad | Taunton | Mansfield | Attleboro Branch, Attleboro Junction to Attleboro Taunton River Branch, Weir Village to Old Brewery Wharf |
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| Warren and Fall River Railroad | Rhode Island state line in Swansea | Fall River | ||
Read more about this topic: List Of Railroad Lines In Massachusetts, NYNH&H Lines and Related Railroads
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