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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 3.08 | University | closed originally Cottage Farms |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 39.17 | Millbury | Millbury | closed split with Millbury Branch |
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| 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) |
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| 45.30 | Hammond Street | closed junction with Norwich and Worcester Railroad (NYNH&H) |
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| 47.86 | Jamesville | closed | |||
| 53.06 | Auburn | Webster Junction | not a station split with Webster Branch |
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| 53.06 | Leicester | Rochdale | closed | ||
| 57.53 | Charlton | Charlton | closed | ||
| 61.90 | Spencer | South Spencer | closed merge with Spencer Branch |
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| 63.78 | East Brookfield | East Brookfield | closed merge with North Brookfield Branch |
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| 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) |
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| 88.68 | Wilbraham | North Wilbraham | closed | ||
| 92.55 | Springfield | Oak Street | closed merge with connection to Athol Branch |
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| Athol Junction | not a station merge with Athol Branch |
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| 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) |
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| 100.83 | West Springfield | West Springfield (Mittineague) | closed | ||
| Agawam Junction | not a station split with Central New England Railway (NYNH&H) |
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| 107.90 | Westfield | Westfield | closed junction with New Haven and Northampton Company (NYNH&H) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 150.59 | Pittsfield | Amtrak Lake Shore Limited Replaced older terminal. Junction with Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad (NYNH&H) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 182.06 | Chatham | Chatham Center | closed | ||
| 184.72 | Kinderhook | Niverville | closed | ||
| 187.41 | Schodack | Post Road | closed split with Post Road Branch |
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| 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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