Hyannis station (CCCR)

This article is about the station used by the Cape Cod Central Railroad. For the station used by the CapeFLYER, see Hyannis Transportation Center.

Hyannis Railroad Station
File:Hyannis Station, Hyannis MA.jpg
Location	252 Main Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Operated by	Cape Cod Central Railroad
Line(s)	Cape Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	CCRTA buses, CapeFLYER
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	ca. 1854
Services
Preceding station   Cape Cod Central Railroad   Following station West Barnstable toward Buzzards Bay Cape Cod Central Railroad Terminus   Former services   Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad West Barnstable toward Braintree or Attleboro Main line Closed 1988 Terminus

Hyannis is a train station along the Cape Cod Central Railroad's dinner and excursion train service. It is located on 252 Main Street in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

The Hyannis Transportation Center shares the same track, and is used by CCRTA buses and the CapeFLYER seasonal rail service between Boston and Cape Cod. The area also includes two low-level platforms, an overhead canopy on one of the platforms, and a high platform for wheelchair access. The station platform on the east side of the mainline is approximately 645 feet long, which accommodates a seven car train.

History

File:A busy day at the station, Hyannis, Mass..jpg

Postcard of Hyannis station, c. 1914

The station was constructed in the early 1850s by the Cape Cod Railroad Company in time for the arrival of the first train from Boston on July 8, 1854. It is said that the train was met by a crowd estimated at 3,000. Immediately the line started running three trains a day to and from Boston.

The station remained in active service until 1953 when the New Haven Railroad moved its Hyannis passenger station to a location about a mile north.

From 1984 until 1988 the station was used by the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. The station was also the terminus for Amtrak's Cape Codder, which ran from 1986 to 1996.

See also

• Hyannis station (NYNH&H), the station used by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad from 1953 until 1964
• Hyannis Transportation Center, the station used by the CapeFlyer
• List of train stations on Cape Cod

External links

• Existing and Former Railroad Stations in Barnstable County, Massachusetts