Ex-Dedham Branch sold, to be built over

[charlesriverbranch]

Part of the long abandoned Dedham Branch has been sold to a developer who is going to build houses on it.
See https://www.universalhub.com/2024/devel ... -rail-line

[caduceus]

Looking at the satellite view, it appears that the rest of the branch in that area was already built over.

[pbj123]

Dedham residents were petrified the Orange Line would be extended there.

[wicked]

It said in the story that it was the West Roxbury branch and that the Dedham branch split off at Readville?

[OldColony]

It said in the story that it was the West Roxbury branch and that the Dedham branch split off at Readville?

The "Dedham loop" ran from Readville to Dedham, turning north and connecting with today's Needham line around Temple Street in West Roxbury. Wikipedia has a page on the Dedham branch. The NHRHTA Shoreliner magazine also had a 12-page article about the "Dedham Loop" back in 1997 (Volume 18 Issue 1).

Another example of a Boston-area steam railroad commuter loop is the New York Central/Boston & Albany's Highland branch, now the D branch of the Green Line.

[MBTA3247]

There was another commuter loop that used the Highland Branch and the Needham Line via Cook Junction. It was short-lived, though, as the federal government forced the NH and B&A to discontinue that service under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

[BandA]

I believe there was also Newton Loop service, one way on the Highland Branch, the other way on the B&A Main Line (now called the Framingham/Worcester Line)