Clematis Brook
The former station site photographed in 2015
General information
LocationBeaver Street
Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′58″N 71°12′27″W / 42.382879°N 71.207558°W / 42.382879; -71.207558
Owned byBoston and Maine Railroad
Line(s)Fitchburg Line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone1
History
ClosedJune 1978[1]
Service at time of closure
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Beaver Brook
toward South Acton
 Fitchburg Line Waverley
toward North Station

Clematis Brook was an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Waltham, Massachusetts. It served the Fitchburg Line, and was located in the Warrendale section of Waltham. It was closed in 1978 due to poor ridership. It was located at the eastern terminus of the Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside.

History

Former switch to the Central Mass Branch west of the station

The Fitchburg Railroad was completed through Waltham in 1845. In 1881, it was joined by the Central Massachusetts Railroad, which paralleled it from west of Beaver Street to the Fitchburg Cutoff. Both railroads had Clematis Brook stations located on the east side of Beaver Street.[2] The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) gained control of the Central Massachusetts in 1887, followed by the Fitchburg in 1900. By 1904, Clematis Brook was served by a single station between the two lines; similar consolidation of nearby Waverley, Belmont, and Hill Crossing came later.[3]

In 1952, the B&M abandoned the duplicate Central Mass tracks during a grade separation project at Waverley. After the track consolidation, the Central Mass Branch diverged from the Fitchburg mainline just west of Clematis Brook. By the time the MBTA began subsidizing service in 1965, Clematis Brook was no longer served by the single Central Mass Branch round trip (which was discontinued in 1971).[1] Like nearby Beaver Brook station, Clematis Brook was only served by a handful of rush hour trips. The two stations were closed in June 1978, along with Winchester Highlands station on the Lowell Line, due to poor ridership.[1] No remains of the station are present.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (March 28, 2018). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2018" (PDF). NETransit.
  2. ↑ Walker, O.W. (1891). Atlas Plate No. 4. Geo. H. Walker & Co. p. 39 – via Ward Maps. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Walker, O.W. (1904). Part of the Metropolitan District (Belmont and Vicinity). Geo. H. Walker & Co. pp. 58–59 – via Ward Maps. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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