| Weston | |||||||||||
| Style: | MBTA | ||||||||||
| Address: | Church Street Weston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.3718°N -71.2934°W | ||||||||||
| Line: | Massachusetts Central Railroad Central Massachusetts Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Opened: | 1881 | ||||||||||
| Closed: | November 26, 1971 | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Privately owned | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Weston station is a former railroad station in Weston, Massachusetts. Located off Church Street in the Weston town center, it was originally built by the Massachusetts Central Railroad which constructed it in the board-and-batten style in 1881.[1] By 1885 it was operated by the successor Central Massachusetts Railroad.
The station building was reused by a news agency by 1962, by which time it and Kendal Green station had the same private owner.[2] Boston and Maine Railroad service was subsidized by the MBTA and added to the MBTA Commuter Rail system in 1965. The station closed on November 26, 1971, when service on the Central Mass Branch was terminated due to poor track conditions and low ridership. The station was located below grade, with a staircase leading from the Church Street overpass to the station. The station building and staircase are still extant, but are in disrepair. In 2019, a paved section of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was built over the section of the ROW the station was built to service.[3] In 2022, Weston station was listed on the Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic Resources Program, in an attempt to identify preservation opportunities.[4]