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Millis was a railroad station in
In April 1966, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) reached an agreement with the
Millis, Massachusetts
Millis is a town in Norfolk County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It had a population of 8,460 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is approximately southwest of downtown Boston and is bordered by Norfolk, Sherborn, Holliston, Medf ...
. It served the Millis Branch
The Millis Branch was a branch of what is now the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Branching off the still-operating Needham Line at , it ran through the towns of Dover, Medfield, Millis, and Medway. Due to lack of subsidies and poor ridership, the l ...
(formerly the West Medway Branch), and opened in 1886.
History
In April 1966, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) reached an agreement with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...
, the owner of the West Medway Branch, to subsidise continued service on the branch (as well as on the Needham, Dedham, and Franklin lines, also owned by the NYNH&H) within its funding district, starting on April 24; as Medway, outside the district, declined to pay for continued service to and stations (the latter of which was, at the time, the western terminus of the branch), the branch was cut back to Millis, which became the new terminus, and became known as the Millis Branch instead of the West Medway Branch.
Slightly under a year later, on April 21, 1967, the Millis and Dedham branches were both abandoned due to continued poor ridership. By that time, the station had been used as the town hall for several years. Millis station is still extant, one of only two stations on the Millis Branch (the other being ) to have survived; it is now known as the Lansing Millis Memorial Railroad Station, part of the Millis Center Historic District.
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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Former MBTA stations in Massachusetts Millis, Massachusetts Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886 Railway stations closed in 1967 1886 establishments in Massachusetts 1967 disestablishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub