West Barnstable station

West Barnstable Station
General information
Location	Route 149, West Barnstable
Coordinates	41°42′25.09″N 70°22′27.46″W
Owned by	Barnstable, Massachusetts
Line(s)	Cape Cod Central Railroad
Platforms	Yes
Construction
Parking	Less than 25
Bicycle facilities	Unknown
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1911
Rebuilt	1980s (Currently being restored)

The West Barnstable Station, located on Route 149 in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is the only station remaining on the old Old Colony Railroad route on Cape Cod that is in use for tourism, and is one of the last two stations remaining on Cape Cod that had been built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, with the other one being the Buzzards Bay Train Station. It was used for Amtrak's "Cape Codder". The station currently serves as a seasonal stop Saturdays for the Cape Cod Central Railroad.

The station was built in 1911 and is owned by the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The Cape Cod Chapter, National Railway Historical Society [www.capecodnrhs.org], holds a long term lease and is in the process of restoring the building as a historical train museum. The station is open Saturdays May through October from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and also hosts numerous community events, including the West Barnstable village festival in August and the Cranberry Express in October and the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce's North Pole Express in December.

Movie Roles

It was also featured in the movies:

• The Golden Boys, originally named Chatham, starring David Carradine, and Rip Torn, as well as other big and little name actors.
• The Lightkeepers, filmed in 2009, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner and Bruce Dern.

See also

• List of Stations of the Old Colony Railroad on Cape Cod

External links

• Cape Cod Chapter, NRHS
• West Barnstable Depot (Cape Cod Central Railroad)
• Cape Cod Model Railroad Club (TrainWeb)
• West Barnstable Railroad Station (Cape Cod Rails)