Taunton to Somerset

A proposed Rail-Trail

Historic Railroad Mileage Chart

Miles

Station

23 Weir Jct.
(Weir)
23.5 Weir Village
26 North Dighton
27 Sereganset
(Berkley)
29 Dighton
32 Somerset
34 Somerset Jct.

Mileage & Station Names from Table #76 in The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.

East Coast Greenway Designation

Note that this Trail will become part of the East Coast Greenway, (ECG) a multi-user trail that will run from Maine to Florida as the 'urban equivalent' to the Appalachian Trail. As such, the entire ECG has been designated as a Millennium Trail.  

Status Report to ECGA (2001 State of the Trail Report)

 

Railroad Abandonment Summary

Item From To Year RR Miles
106 Dighton
(2500 ft S)
Somerset Jct
(2400 ft. N)
1937 NH

3.2

289 Weir Village Dighton 1971 PC

3.0

From the "Directory of Rail Abandonments 1848-1994" in the book Lost Railroads of New England, 2nd Ed. by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1996.

Brief History of the Railroad

A brief history of the Dighton & Somerset RR is published as Section #76 in The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.