Millis station

Millis was a railroad station in Millis, Massachusetts. It served the Millis Branch, and opened in 1886.

History

In April 1966, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority reached an agreement with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the owner of the West Medway Branch, to subsidise continued service on the branch within its funding district, starting on April 24; as Medway, outside the district, declined to pay for continued service to and stations, the branch was cut back to Millis, which became the new terminus, and became known as the Millis Branch instead of the West Medway Branch.
Slightly under a year later, on April 21, 1967, the Millis and Dedham branches were both abandoned due to continued poor ridership. By that time, the station had been used as the town hall for several years. Millis station is still extant, one of only two stations on the Millis Branch to have survived; it is now known as the Lansing Millis Memorial Railroad Station, part of the Millis Center Historic District.