The Old Colony Railroad opened through South Hanson in November 1845, with Hanson station located at Main Street.[3] The station burned two weeks later, and an exact replica was constructed.[4]
The station was renamed South Hanson on June 24, 1878.[4][5] A new wooden station building was constructed that year; it was split in half in 1886 and a new middle section added.[6][7][8] The original station was converted to a freight house and may have survived as late as the 1990s.[8]
The New Haven Railroad ended its remaining Old Colony Division service, including commuter service to South Hanson, on June 30, 1959.[3] The former station building remains intact, though unused.[4]
On September 29, 1997, the MBTA restored commuter rail service on the two Old Colony Lines, part of the former Old Colony Railroad system.[1]Hanson station was opened at the former South Hanson station site.
^ abKarr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 310–315. ISBN0942147022.
^ abcRoy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 230. ISBN9780942147087.
^Jacobs, Warren (October 1928). "Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 17 (17). Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 15–28. JSTOR43504499.