Fairhaven Branch Railroad

The Fairhaven Branch Railroad was a short-line railroad in Massachusetts. It ran from West Wareham on the Cape Cod main line of the Old Colony Railroad, southwest to Fairhaven, a town across the Acushnet River from New Bedford.

Abandoned

Fairhaven Branch Railroad 1854-1861
New Bedford & Taunton Railroad 1861-1879
Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad 1879-1883
Old Colony Railroad 1883-1893
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 1893-1953

1854

1953 (Fairhaven–Marion)
1976 (Marion–Tremont)

15.1 miles (24.3 km)

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Edward Appleton, Massachusetts Railway Commissioner, (1871)

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