The
Fitchburg Railroad was completed through Waltham in 1845. In 1881, it was joined by the
Massachusetts Central Railroad (MC), which paralleled it from west of Beaver Street to the
Fitchburg Cutoff. By 1883, the MC was succeeded by the
Central Massachusetts Railroad, which resumed service in 1885. By 1891, the two railroads shared a single Clematis Brook station on the east side of Beaver Street. (The other stations on the parallel segment – ,
Belmont, and Hill Crossing – had separate buildings for the two lines into the 20th century.) The
Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) gained control of the Central Massachusetts in 1887, followed by the Fitchburg in 1900. In 1952, the B&M abandoned the duplicate Central Mass tracks during a grade separation project at Waverley. After the track consolidation, the Central Mass Branch diverged from the Fitchburg mainline just west of Clematis Brook. Central Mass Branch trains ceased serving the station between 1957 and 1962. The
MBTA began subsidizing service in 1965. The remaining Central Mass Branch service was discontinued in 1971. The
Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside was extended east to Beaver Street in 2023. ==References==