Clematis Brook station

Clematis Brook station

Company type	MBTA Commuter Rail station (former)
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	1881
Defunct	1978
Headquarters	Waltham, Massachusetts , United States
Area served	Fitchburg Line

Clematis Brook station was a stop on the MBTA Commuter Rail network located in the Warrendale neighborhood of Waltham, Massachusetts, serving the Fitchburg Line. The station ceased operations in 1978 due to insufficient passenger usage.

History

The Fitchburg Railroad extended its line to Waltham in 1845. By 1881, the Massachusetts Central Railroad (MC) constructed a parallel route from just west of Beaver Street to the Fitchburg Cutoff. The MC was succeeded by the Central Massachusetts Railroad by 1883, which resumed service in 1885. By 1891, both railroads operated a shared Clematis Brook station situated east of Beaver Street. (In contrast, other parallel stations such as , Belmont, and Hill Crossing retained separate station buildings well into the 20th century.) The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) acquired ownership of the Central Massachusetts line in 1887 and later took control of the Fitchburg line in 1900.

In 1952, during a grade separation project at Waverley, B&M discontinued redundant Central Mass tracks. Following this consolidation, the Central Mass Branch diverged slightly west of Clematis Brook station. Between 1957 and 1962, trains on the Central Mass Branch no longer stopped at Clematis Brook. The MBTA began providing financial support for service starting in 1965; however, passenger operations on the Central Mass Branch ended entirely in 1971. Similar to nearby Beaver Brook station, Clematis Brook received only limited rush hour service on the Fitchburg Line and was closed in June 1978 along with Winchester Highlands station on the Lowell Line due to low patronage.

In 2023, the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was extended eastward reaching Beaver Street.