Bourne station
{{Short description|Railroad station in Bourne, Massachusetts}}
{{About|the station in Massachusetts, US|the station in Lincolnshire, UK|Bourne railway station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox station
| style = MBTA | style2=CapeFLYER
| name = Bourne
| image = Bourne station platform, June 2019.jpg
| image_caption = Bourne station in June 2019
| address = 21 Bourne Bridge Road
| borough = Bourne, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|41|44|47.90|N|70|35|20.03|W|region:US-MA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| other = {{bus icon}} CCRTA: {{MBTA other buses|Bourne CCRTA}}{{cite web |url=http://capeflyer.com/capecod-transportation-getting-around/upper-cape-cod-transportation/ |title=Upper Cape|date=7 March 2013|publisher=CCRTA |access-date=April 2, 2013}}
{{bus icon}} {{MBTA other buses|Bourne SA}}
| line = Cape Main Line
| platform = 1 side platform
| tracks = 1
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| rebuilt =
| accessible = Yes
| code =
| owned = MassDOT
| zone =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MBTA|line1=CapeFLYER|left1=Buzzards Bay|right1=Hyannis}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|
|system2=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|line4=Hyannis|left4=Buzzards Bay|right4=Sagamore
|line5=Provincetown|left5=Buzzards Bay|right5=Sagamore
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|MBTA|CapeFLYER}} |zoom=12 }}
}}
Bourne station is a train station in Bourne, Massachusetts, served by the CapeFlyer.
History
=Former station=
File:Bourne station postcard.jpg
Monument station was built by the Cape Cod Branch Railroad when the railroad line was extended from Wareham to Sandwich in 1848.{{cite book |last=Farson |first=Robert H. |others=Joan Hollister Farson |title=Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket |publisher=Cape Cod Historical Publications |location=Yarmouthport, Massachusetts |year=1993 |pages=340 |isbn=0-9616740-1-6}} It was located at what is now Old Bridge Road on the north side of the Monument River, approximately where the north canal service road / bike path is now located.{{citation |title=Map of the town of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass. |title-link=:commons:File:1857 map of Sandwich, Massachusetts.jpg |year=1857 |first=Henry Francis |last=Walling |via=Wikimedia Commons}} The station was renamed Bourne by the Old Colony Railroad around 1884.{{cite book |hdl=2027/uiug.30112106509760 |page=51 |date=February 1884 |title=The Rand McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book |publisher=Rand McNally & Co.}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhA1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA65 |page=65 |title=Snow's Pathfinder Railway Guide |publisher=New England Railway Publishing Company |date=February 1885}}
The 1909–1916 widening of the river into the Cape Cod Canal necessitated the relocation of the Cape Main Line between {{bts|Buzzards Bay}} and {{stl|NYNH&H|Sagamore}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69203735/the-boston-globe/ |title=Relocating Cape Cod Tracks |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=February 11, 1911 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} The relocated line opened in late 1911, with Bourne station moved about {{convert|800|feet}} south to Keene Street on the south side of the canal.{{cite web |url=http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860072201 |title=Right of way and track map, Old Colony R.R. Co. operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford R.R. Co operating from Middleboro to Provincetown station 1096+80 to station 1148+70.10, town of Bourne, state of Mass. |publisher=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad |date=June 30, 1915 |hdl=11134/20002:860072201 |via=University of Connecticut Archives & Special Collections}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69200353/the-boston-globe/ |title=Railroad is Rushing Work |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=October 2, 1911 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} Between 1938 and 1939, the New Haven Railroad had ended passenger service at the station and shifted its status to freight only.The Official Guide of the Railways, August, 1938, Index of Railroad StationsNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad timetable, June 25, 1939, Table A
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=CapeFLYER station=
File:Bourne station (2), August 2023.jpg
In September 2014 it was announced that local officials were considering a new station along the CapeFlyer route in Bourne for the 2015 season. According to the announcement, the station stop would be located on government land under the Bourne Bridge.{{cite web |url=http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/bourne-stop-cape-flyer-route-considered-next-season/ |title=Bourne Stop on Cape Flyer Route to be Considered For Next Season |work=CapeCod.com |date=17 September 2014 }} In November 2014 the state announced construction of the station would occur, along with trackside improvements and signal houses on both sides of the bridge, as well as improvements to switches in the area. Additionally, a 4,000 foot siding would be constructed so trains could wait at the bridge.{{cite news|last1=Rausch|first1=Michael J.|title=MassDOT To Build New CapeFLYER Station|url=http://www.capenews.net/bourne/massdot-to-build-new-capeflyer-station/article_e3204294-6b8d-11e4-a0f2-cfdf328751e1.html|access-date=15 November 2014|publisher=Enterprise Newspapers|date=13 November 2014}}
In February 2015, it was announced that station construction would be delayed for one year, due to the amount of winter snow and local unease over the project.{{cite news|last1=Barber|first1=C. Ryan|title=CapeFlyer rail platform project delayed a year|url=http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150212/NEWS/150219793|access-date=13 February 2015|publisher=Cape Cod Times|date=12 February 2015}} The station was also considered as a possible stop for future commuter rail.{{cite web|last1=Vaccaro|first1=Adam|title=Don't count on weekday MBTA rail service to the Cape|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/04/08/mbta-board-not-keen-on-bourne-commuter-rail-plan|website=Boston.com|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|access-date=4 March 2017|date=April 8, 2016}} In September 2015, however, it was announced that plans to build the station were suspended, and although there was still a push by some within the community to build the station behind the Gallo Ice Arena,{{cite news|last1=Gately|first1=Paul|title=CapeFlyer ridership, revenue increase in third season|url=http://bourne.wickedlocal.com/article/20150923/NEWS/150928272|access-date=23 September 2015|publisher=Wicket Local Bourne|date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news |last=Rausch |first=Michael |url=http://www.capenews.net/bourne/news/revenue-ridership-up-for-capeflyer/article_b8a61cd8-6389-11e5-9036-fba3c2637482.html |title= Home Bourne Bourne News Revenue, Ridership Up For CapeFLYER |work=The Enterprise |date=September 25, 2015 }} no official proposals or plans were made.
Discussions on the station were effectively nonexistent for the following three years, until it was announced that a smaller station would be built for service during the 2019 season. While initial plans for a fully constructed station were not realized, a prefabricated section of high-level platform was installed in May 2019 at the Bourne Bridge site,{{cite news |url=https://www.capenews.net/bourne/news/lack-of-notice-about-train-platform-miffs-bourne-selectmen/article_e9dbed91-b934-5270-9976-1ef0016e68d3.html |title=Lack Of Notice About Train Platform Miffs Bourne Selectmen |newspaper=Cape News |date=May 16, 2019 |first=Michael J. |last=Rausch}} which the CapeFlyer began serving shortly after completion. Parking areas are not provided, as the station is primarily intended for train passengers to be picked up or dropped off.
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=Possible commuter rail service=
In late 2020 and early 2021, MassDOT conducted a study evaluating the feasibility of extending commuter rail service from Middleborough/Lakeville station to Bourne.{{cite web|url=https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/study-launched-to-investigate-cape-commuter-rail-service/|title=Study Investigates Possible Cape Cod Commuter Rail Service|website=CapeCod.com|date=3 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020|author=Grady Culhane}}{{cite web|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2020/12/01/state-explore-options-passenger-trains-between-middleboro-lakeville-and-cape/3780913001/|title=New study renews hope for Cape commuter rail service|author=Ethan Genter|website=Cape Cod Times|date=1 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020}} Upon conclusion of the study in spring 2021, two different alternatives for service were presented, one of which would terminate at Bourne station.{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cape-officials-to-discuss-potential-commuter-rail-proposals/ar-AAKDMdn|title=Cape Officials To Discuss Potential Commuter Rail Proposals|author=Jimmy Bentley|website=MSN|date=June 2, 2021|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}
References
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{{Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|state=collapsed}}
Category:Bourne, Massachusetts
Category:MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Category:Former Old Colony Railroad stations
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1938
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2019