over the ShawmutBranch to Ashmont. The New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, which had succeeded the Old Colony, sold the ShawmutBranch to the BERy
Dorchester extension (now the Ashmont branch), following a rail right-of-way created in 1870 by the ShawmutBranchRailroad. In 1872, the right-of-way was acquired
Railroad took over the ShawmutBranchRailroad, which branched off the main line at Harrison Square and ran through Dorchester to Milton. The branch line
immediately leased by the Old Colony as its Milton branch. The Old Colony built the ShawmutBranchRailroad from Harrison Square on the main line to Milton
of historic Old Colony Railroad (OCRR) stations, at the time of the 1893 lease by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and shortly after. City/town