This railway station once was a two-story building, completed in 1873. It had mansard roofs and classic Victorian styling, including cast iron filigree atop the main tower and two side towers. In 1892, a fire consumed the upper part of the building, which once had a clock tower and restaurant.  Pictured here is the new building, done in a different style of architecture. The station first served the Troy and Boston Railroad, later the Fitchburg Railroad, and still later the Boston & Maine. Today, the station is the town’s bus depot, as there is no longer passenger service to Athol. The railroad tracks behind it carry freight trains owned and operated by Guilford Transportation.