diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action.rb b/lib/vagrant/action.rb
index eec35987f..2a8d9c6ad 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ module Vagrant
     # Builtin contains middleware classes that are shipped with Vagrant-core
     # and are thus available to all plugins as a "standard library" of sorts.
     module Builtin
-      autoload :BoxAdd,  "vagrant/action/builtin/box_add"
+      autoload :BoxAdd,    "vagrant/action/builtin/box_add"
+      autoload :BoxRemove, "vagrant/action/builtin/box_remove"
       autoload :Call,    "vagrant/action/builtin/call"
       autoload :Confirm, "vagrant/action/builtin/confirm"
       autoload :ConfigValidate, "vagrant/action/builtin/config_validate"
@@ -41,5 +42,14 @@ module Vagrant
         b.use Builtin::BoxAdd
       end
     end
+
+    # This is the action that will remove a box given a name (and optionally
+    # a provider). This middleware sequence is built-in to Vagrant. Plugins
+    # can hook into this like any other middleware sequence.
+    def self.action_box_remove
+      Builder.new.tap do |b|
+        b.use Builtin::BoxRemove
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
index 01adb0e18..74210fe22 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ module Vagrant
 
           # Add the box
           env[:ui].info I18n.t("vagrant.actions.box.add.adding", :name => env[:box_name])
-          added_box = nil
+          box_added = nil
           begin
-            added_box = env[:box_collection].add(
+            box_added = env[:box_collection].add(
               @temp_path, env[:box_name], box_formats, env[:box_force])
           rescue Vagrant::Errors::BoxUpgradeRequired
             # Upgrade the box
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ module Vagrant
 
           # Success, we added a box!
           env[:ui].success(
-            I18n.t("vagrant.actions.box.add.added", name: added_box.name, provider: added_box.provider))
+            I18n.t("vagrant.actions.box.add.added", name: box_added.name, provider: box_added.provider))
+
+          # Persists URL used on download and the time it was added
+          write_extra_info(box_added, url)
+
+          # Passes on the newly added box to the rest of the middleware chain
+          env[:box_added] = box_added
 
           # Carry on!
           @app.call(env)
@@ -110,6 +116,13 @@ module Vagrant
             File.unlink(@temp_path)
           end
         end
+
+        def write_extra_info(box_added, url)
+          info = {'url' => url, 'downloaded_at' => Time.now.utc}
+          box_added.directory.join('info.json').open("w+") do |f|
+            f.write(JSON.dump(info))
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_remove.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_remove.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ae8bc1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_remove.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require "log4r"
+
+module Vagrant
+  module Action
+    module Builtin
+      # This middleware will remove a box for a given provider.
+      class BoxRemove
+        def initialize(app, env)
+          @app    = app
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::builtin::box_remove")
+        end
+
+        def call(env)
+          box_name     = env[:box_name]
+          box_provider = env[:box_provider].to_sym
+
+          box = nil
+          begin
+            box = env[:box_collection].find(box_name, box_provider)
+          rescue Vagrant::Errors::BoxUpgradeRequired
+            @env.boxes.upgrade(box_name)
+            retry
+          end
+
+          raise Vagrant::Errors::BoxNotFound, :name => box_name, :provider => box_provider if !box
+          env[:ui].info(I18n.t("vagrant.commands.box.removing",
+                              :name => box_name,
+                              :provider => box_provider))
+          box.destroy!
+
+          # Passes on the removed box to the rest of the middleware chain
+          env[:box_removed] = box
+          @app.call(env)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/commands/box/command/add.rb b/plugins/commands/box/command/add.rb
index 1f5f9be5f..99c87ac58 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/box/command/add.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/box/command/add.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             :box_url      => argv[1],
             :box_clean    => options[:clean],
             :box_force    => options[:force],
-            :box_download_insecure => options[:insecure],
+            :box_download_insecure => options[:insecure]
           })
 
           # Success, exit status 0
diff --git a/plugins/commands/box/command/list.rb b/plugins/commands/box/command/list.rb
index 033c07d1c..4bfa12181 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/box/command/list.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/box/command/list.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
             opts.banner = "Usage: vagrant box list"
+            opts.separator ""
+
+            opts.on("-i", "--box-info", "Displays additional information about the boxes.") do |i|
+              options[:info] = i
+            end
           end
 
           # Parse the options
@@ -20,10 +25,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             return @env.ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.commands.box.no_installed_boxes"), :prefix => false)
           end
 
+          list_boxes(boxes, options[:info])
+
+          # Success, exit status 0
+          0
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def list_boxes(boxes, extra_info)
           # Find the longest box name
           longest_box = boxes.max_by { |x| x[0].length }
           longest_box_length = longest_box[0].length
 
+          # Find the longest provider name
+          longest_provider = boxes.max_by { |x| x[1].length }
+          longest_provider_length = longest_provider[1].length
+
           # Go through each box and output the information about it. We
           # ignore the "v1" param for now since I'm not yet sure if its
           # important for the user to know what boxes need to be upgraded
@@ -33,10 +51,29 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
             @env.ui.machine("box-name", name)
             @env.ui.machine("box-provider", provider)
-          end
 
-          # Success, exit status 0
-          0
+            extra = ''
+            if extra_info
+              extra << format_extra_info(name.to_s, provider.to_s)
+            end
+
+            name     = name.ljust(longest_box_length)
+            provider = "(#{provider})".ljust(longest_provider_length + 2) # 2 -> parenthesis
+            box_info = "#{name} #{provider}#{extra}"
+
+            @env.ui.info(box_info, :prefix => false)
+          end
+        end
+
+        def format_extra_info(name, provider)
+          info_json = @env.boxes.find(name, provider).directory.join('info.json')
+          if info_json.file?
+            info = JSON.parse(info_json.read)
+            return "\n  `- URL:  #{info['url']}" +
+                   "\n  `- Date: #{info['downloaded_at']}"
+          else
+            return ''
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb b/plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb
index 4cdfcdfa4..d58f5bcec 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/box/command/remove.rb
@@ -34,19 +34,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             argv[1] = providers[0] || ""
           end
 
-          b = nil
-          begin
-            b = @env.boxes.find(argv[0], argv[1].to_sym)
-          rescue Vagrant::Errors::BoxUpgradeRequired
-            @env.boxes.upgrade(argv[0])
-            retry
-          end
-
-          raise Vagrant::Errors::BoxNotFound, :name => argv[0], :provider => argv[1].to_sym if !b
-          @env.ui.info(I18n.t("vagrant.commands.box.removing",
-                              :name => argv[0],
-                              :provider => argv[1]))
-          b.destroy!
+          @env.action_runner.run(Vagrant::Action.action_box_remove, {
+            :box_name     => argv[0],
+            :box_provider => argv[1]
+          })
 
           # Success, exit status 0
           0