West Chatham station
West Chatham | |||||||||||
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| Location | George Ryder Road Chatham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°41′21″N 69°59′32″W / 41.68913°N 69.99222°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chatham Branch | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887 | ||||||||||
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West Chatham station (sometimes called Hotel Chatham) was a flag stop train station located in West Chatham, Massachusetts.
The Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887. It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch. The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.
Passenger service on the Chatham Branch ended in 1931; it was the first line on Cape Cod to lose service. Freight service continued until the line was abandoned in 1937. The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished.