Boston and Albany Railroad - Main Line Station Listing

Main Line Station Listing

The route of the Boston and Albany line changed several times over its lifetime. These changes include rerouting for the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir.

State Milepost City Station Opening date Connections and notes
MA 0.00 Boston South Station 1899 All south side Commuter Rail lines
Amtrak Acela Express, Regional and Lake Shore Limited
replaced older terminal. Passenger connections to Red Line, Silver Line, and intercity bus.
Columbus Avenue closed 1899
1.25 Back Bay 1899 originally Trinity Place
splits from Attleboro/Stoughton Line/Franklin Line/Needham Line
Amtrak Acela Express, Regional and Lake Shore Limited
Yawkey April 29, 1988 only operated during games at Fenway Park until January 2, 2001 when it opened to daily commuter traffic.
Brookline Junction not a station
split with Highland Branch (original Brookline Branch)
3.08 University closed
originally Cottage Farms
merge with Grand Junction Branch
4.30 Allston closed
5.06 Brighton closed
5.84 Faneuil closed
7.10 Newton Newton closed
8.14 Newtonville
9.19 West Newton
10.29 Auburndale
10.90 Riverside closed October 27, 1977
split with Highland Branch and Newton Lower Falls Branch
12.58 Wellesley Wellesley Farms Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
13.50 Wellesley Hills
14.73 Wellesley Square originally Wellesley
Lake Crossing closed
17.64 Natick Natick split with Saxonville Branch
West Natick August 23, 1982
21.36 Framingham Framingham Amtrak Lake Shore Limited
junction with Milford Branch and Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad (NYNH&H, includes original Framingham Branch)
24.21 Ashland Ashland August 24, 2002 split with Hopkinton Railway (NYNH&H)
27.45 Southborough Southborough June 22, 2002 originally Cordaville
28.08 Southville closed
31.92 Westborough Westborough June 22, 2002
37.85 Grafton Grafton February 23, 2000 originally North Grafton
junction with Grafton and Upton Railroad
39.17 Millbury Millbury closed
split with Millbury Branch
44.33 Worcester Worcester Amtrak Lake Shore Limited
replaced older terminal
temporarily closed October 26, 1975, reopened September 26, 1994
junction with Providence and Worcester Railroad (NYNH&H), Norwich and Worcester Railroad (NYNH&H), Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad (B&M) and Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad (B&M)
45.30 Hammond Street closed
junction with Norwich and Worcester Railroad (NYNH&H)
47.86 Jamesville closed
53.06 Auburn Webster Junction not a station
split with Webster Branch
53.06 Leicester Rochdale closed
57.53 Charlton Charlton closed
61.90 Spencer South Spencer closed
merge with Spencer Branch
63.78 East Brookfield East Brookfield closed
merge with North Brookfield Branch
66.99 Brookfield Brookfield closed
69.60 West Brookfield West Brookfield closed
72.62 Warren Warren closed
74.94 West Warren closed
78.38 Brimfield West Brimfield closed
83.61 Palmer Palmer closed
junction with Ware River Branch and New London Northern Railroad (CN)
88.68 Wilbraham North Wilbraham closed
92.55 Springfield Oak Street closed
merge with connection to Athol Branch
Athol Junction not a station
merge with Athol Branch
98.33 Springfield Amtrak Lake Shore Limited
junction with Hartford and Springfield Railroad (NYNH&H), Springfield and New London Railroad (NYNH&H) and Connecticut River Railroad (B&M)
100.83 West Springfield West Springfield (Mittineague) closed
Agawam Junction not a station
split with Central New England Railway (NYNH&H)
107.90 Westfield Westfield closed
junction with New Haven and Northampton Company (NYNH&H)
112.87 Russell Woronoco closed
115.39 Russell closed
119.25 Huntington Huntington closed
125.84 Chester Chester closed
split with Chester and Becket Branch
130.63 Middlefield Middlefield closed
134.12 Becket Becket closed
137.65 Washington Washington closed
141.91 Hinsdale Hinsdale closed
145.25 Dalton Dalton closed
148.16 Pittsfield North Adams Junction closed
merge with North Adams Branch
150.59 Pittsfield Amtrak Lake Shore Limited
Replaced older terminal. Junction with Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad (NYNH&H)
154.20 West Pittsfield closed
156.74 Richmond Richmond Summit closed
158.77 Richmond closed
159.81 Richmond Furnace closed
161.78 West Stockbridge State Line closed
junction with West Stockbridge Railroad (NYNH&H)
New York 163.59 Canaan Edwards Park closed
166.98 Canaan closed
171.35 Chatham East Chatham closed
174.99 Payn's closed
177.17 Ghent Chatham closed
junction with Hudson Branch, New York and Harlem Railroad (NYC) and Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad (Rutland)
182.06 Chatham Chatham Center closed
184.72 Kinderhook Niverville closed
187.41 Schodack Post Road closed
split with Post Road Branch
190.14 Van Hoesen closed
192.40 Brookview closed
195.41 East Greenbush East Greenbush closed
199.83 Rensselaer Rensselaer Amtrak Lake Shore Limited
junction with Hudson River Railroad (NYC), Hudson River Bridge (NYC) and Troy and Greenbush Railroad (NYC)

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