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In 1900, the Fitchburg Railroad was acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M). The post-World War II era marked a significant decline in passenger rail service across the United States, including the Northern Tier. By the 1950s, service frequency along the Fitchburg line had decreased significantly.
1867 New Haven, Middletown and Boston Railroad map. At the Boston end, the earliest predecessor was the Norfolk County Railroad, chartered April 24, 1847. The line from the Boston and Providence Railroad's branch at Dedham, Massachusetts, southwest to Walpole opened on April 23, 1849, and an extension to the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Blackstone opened May 16.
Plainfield station in the early 20th century. At left is a streetcar running on the N&W between Norwich and Central Village. At right is a Providence-bound train on the ex-NY&NE. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was leased in 1869 by the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, which in 1875 became the New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE). [10]
Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway: Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad: NH: 1875 1907 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Boston and New York Central Railroad: NH: 1853 1858 Midland Railroad: Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad: NH: 1832 1836 Norwich and Worcester Railroad ...
Originally the Boston and Worcester Railroad, service has been operated by the Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central, Penn Central, and since 1964 by Boston and Maine Railroad, Amtrak, and the MBCR until 2014 under contract to the MBTA. Since 2014 service has been operated by Keolis North America. In 1975 the line was cut back to ...
Most passenger rail service was assumed by federally created Amtrak in 1971, although Penn Central continued to operate some commuter rail service in the Boston region and along the Northeast Corridor. [36] Amtrak launched two new trains in the 1990s, including the Vermonter in 1995, [37] and the Ethan Allen Express in 1996. [38]
It also owns jointly with the Providence and Worcester (lessor to the carrier) and the Boston and Maine Railroad, each holding an undivided one-third interest, 0.283 mile of first main track, 0.784 mile of second and other main track, and 0.085 mile of yard tracks and sidings, aggregating 1.152 miles of all tracks, which the carrier uses ...
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south, with major stops in Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore.