Boston Corners station

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Boston Corners station was a former New York Central Railroad stop serving Ancram, New York. It opened on May 10, 1852, as the Harlem Railroad’s first stop in Columbia County, between Dover Plains to the south and Chatham to the north. The area was then known as Boston Corner, located in the southwest corner of Massachusetts; in 1855, Congress transferred land to New York, bringing the line into New York State.

The railroad was later operated by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and became part of the Harlem Division in 1864. By the early 1870s, the station also connected with the Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway and the Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad, which were eventually absorbed by the Central New England Railway. The P&E was abandoned in 1925, and the Rhinebeck and Connecticut in 1938.

Harlem Division service at Boston Corners declined over the 20th century and the station became a flag stop by 1940. The New York Central closed the station on September 28, 1952, and the structure was dismantled a few years later. Passenger service on the line continued until March 20, 1972, while freight service lasted until March 27, 1976. The rails were removed in 1981.