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Mt. Hope Station on the Boston-Providence Main Line.

Discussion relating to the NH and its subsidiaries (NYW&B, Union Freight Railroad, Connecticut Company, steamship lines, etc.). up until its 1969 inclusion into the Penn Central merger. This forum is also for the discussion of efforts to preserve former New Haven equipment, artifacts and its history. You may also wish to visit www.nhrhta.org for more information.
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Mt. Hope Station on the Boston-Providence Main Line.

  by 3rdrail
 
Hi Folks ! Does anybody out there know specifically at what corner did the Mount Hope Station in Roslindale exist ? The station was between Forest Hills and Hyde Park. On both sides of suspected locations, abandoned lots exist to this day. There is an old abandoned staircase at Florence/Blakemore Sts. Was it Hyde Park Ave/Blakemore opposite Mt. Hope, Hyde Park Av/Blakemore (north side of inter.), Florence/Blakemore, or Brown Ave/Blakemore ?,

  by WickedPissah
 
Mt Hope station was on the corner of Blakemore and Hyde Park. The following map from 1924 confirms it.

http://www.wardmaps.com/ward_maps/w_rox ... -large.htm

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Re: Mt. Hope Station on the Boston-Providence Main Line.

  by DMK
 
3rdrail wrote:Hi Folks ! Does anybody out there know specifically at what corner did the Mount Hope Station in Roslindale exist ? The station was between Forest Hills and Hyde Park. On both sides of suspected locations, abandoned lots exist to this day. There is an old abandoned staircase at Florence/Blakemore Sts. Was it Hyde Park Ave/Blakemore opposite Mt. Hope, Hyde Park Av/Blakemore (north side of inter.), Florence/Blakemore, or Brown Ave/Blakemore ?,
Two Station houses.

Inbound is/was where Urban Edge is now building housing, formerly the city playground. About 449 Hyde Park Ave. at Blakemore

Outbound at 224 Florence at Blakemore.

The stairs were all that was left on the outbound side. There was a ROW path to the inbound side but when the Southwest Corridor was built the station was permanently closed.

I posted links to images of the station in another thread.
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