Millis Branch

Millis Branch
The former station building at Dover, as seen in 2014
Overview
StatusAbandoned
OwnerNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
LocaleSoutheastern Massachusetts
Termini
Stations14
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Operator(s)New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later MBTA, Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (freight)
History
Opened1861 (Charles River Branch Railroad)
ClosedApril 21, 1967
Technical
Line length22.1 miles
CharacterSurface-level
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

South Station
Back Bay
Roslindale Village
Bellevue
Highland
West Roxbury
Former route to Dedham
Bird's Hill
Needham Junction
Charles River
Dover
Farm Street
Medfield
Clicquot
Millis
Medway
West Medway
Former route to Woonsocket
and Pascoag, Rhode Island

The Millis Branch was a branch of what is now the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Massachusetts, United States. Branching off the still-operating Needham Line at Needham Junction, it ran through the towns of Dover, Medfield, Millis, and Medway. Due to lack of subsidies and poor ridership, the line was cut back to Millis station in April 1966, and all service ended on April 21, 1967, with the exception of some freight use on short portions of the line.