Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Massachusetts, United States #Part 2
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1. Newton Corner (MBTA station)
2. North Abington Depot
3. North Falmouth Railroad Station
4. North Harwich Station
5. North Truro Railroad Station
6. Oak Square (MBTA station)
7. Old Colony Railroad Station (North Easton, Massachusetts)
8. Old Colony Railroad Station (Taunton, Massachusetts)
9. Old Hyannis Railroad Station
10. Orleans Train Station
11. Perkins Street (MBTA station)
12. Pleasant Lake Railroad Station
13. Pocasset Train Station
14. Pond Street (MBTA station)
15. Provincetown Train Station
16. Robinwood Avenue (MBTA station)
17. Sagamore Station
18. Saint Rose Street (MBTA station)
19. Salem Street (MBTA station)
20. Seaverns Avenue
21. South Chatham Railroad Station
22. South Dennis Train Station
23. South Harwich Railroad Station
24. South Sudbury
25. South Truro Railroad Station
26. Thompson Square
27. Tremont Railroad Station
28. Truro Railroad Station
29. Union Square (MBTA Green Line "A" Branch station)
30. Union Station (Palmer, Massachusetts)
31. VA Medical Center
32. Watertown Yard (MBTA station)
33. Wayland (MBTA station)
34. Wellfleet Railroad Station
35. West Falmouth Railroad Station
36. Woburn (MBTA station)
37. Wood Island (BRB&L station)
38. Woods Hole Railroad Station
39. Yarmouth Railroad Station

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_railway_stations_in_Massachusetts

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.

Architecturally and historically notable station buildings may present a problem if they are protected under building preservation laws but fall into disuse. Such buildings are often simply demolished (such as Broad Street railway station (London); a similar fate threatens Michigan Central Station), or they may