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with a smaller wooden shelter, was opened by 1864. North
Winchester was a tiny village with just 14 houses at that time, and the station was not always listed in timetables. The shelter was on the west side of the tracks just south of Cross Street.
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A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses
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1079:. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. p. 32.
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823:. May 5, 1931. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
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