Mapping Boston’s Railroad Passenger Terminals 1880

Date: 1880
Publisher: H.H. Rowley & Co.
Source Collection: Library of Congress

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Figure 4.79 - Boston’s Railroad Passenger Terminals, 1880
A bird’s eye view reveals the locations of the passenger terminals of Boston’s first eight steam railroad companies. The depots of the Boston & Providence, Boston & Albany (formerly of the Boston & Worcester), Old Colony, and New York and New England lie south of downtown (left). These were consolidated into South Station in 1899. The depots of the Boston & Lowell, Eastern, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine lie north of downtown (right). These were consolidated into Union Station in 1894.

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