Bostons Depots and Terminals: A History of Bostons Downtown and Back Railroad Stations from 1834 to Today

by Richard C. Barrett

Fascinating history of Boston's railroad stations and terminals. Covers stations for the Fitchburg Railroad, the Eastern Railroad, the Boston & Lowell Railroad, the Boston & Maine (Haymarket Square), North Union Station, North Station, the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad Ferry Depot, the Boston and Providence Railroad, the Old Colony Railroad, the New York and New England Railroad, the Boston and Albany (downtown and Back Bay), the New Haven (Back Bay), and the Boston Terminal Co.'s South Union Station. Appendices cover news dealers and restauranteurs around the stations, the beginnings of the express business, the depots as they appear today, timetables of the 1850s, and timetables of the 1870s. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos, lithographs, drawings, and maps. With bibliography. 226 pages.

226 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1996