South Truro station

South Truro

South Truro station in October 1931

General information
Location| Ryder Beach Road near Old County Road
Truro, Massachusetts
Coordinates| 41°57′50″N 70°03′57″W﻿ / ﻿41.963797°N 70.065807°W﻿ / 41.963797; -70.065807﻿ (South Truro station)
History
Opened| July 23, 1873 (1873-07-23)[1]
Closed| July 17, 1938
Former services
| Preceding station  | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | Following station

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Wellfleet

toward Boston

|  | Boston–​Provincetown  |  | Truro

toward Provincetown

South Truro station was a train station located in the southern part of Truro, Massachusetts. The first passenger service was on July 23, 1873.[2][1]

Passenger service through Truro to Provincetown ended in July 1938, but freight service survived until 1960, when the tracks above North Eastham were abandoned.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Andrew T. Eldredge (March 12, 2003). Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands. Arcadia Publishing. p. 91\. ISBN 978-1-4396-2861-4.
2. ^ Theriault, Wor. James J. "The Railroad Comes To Provincetown". King Hirams's Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
3. ^ Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. pp. 232, 238. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.

## External links[edit]

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