[1] It served as the terminus for the railroad's branch line to Woods Hole and offered ferry connections to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

The original wooden station was built at the end of the Woods Hole Branch of the Old Colony Railroad in 1872.

In 1964, passenger rail service to Woods Hole ceased, and the station closed.

Ferries continue to service the nearby docks, and the Steamship Authority uses the former rail yard as a parking lot.

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