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The Cape Cod Central Railroad is owned by the same parent company, and operates passenger trains as a heritage railroad. A plan to start "Mass Coastal" commuter rail service between Middleborough and Buzzards Bay or Sandwich in 2010 [7] has not been implemented as of 2023, but the seasonal CapeFLYER train started running to Hyannis in the ...
A test train with passengers aboard was run on May 18, 2013 – the first direct train from Boston to Cape Cod since 1961, and the first via the Old Colony main line since 1959. The CapeFLYER's inaugural journey departed South Station at 5:12 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 2013, with about 200 passengers destined for Buzzards Bay and Hyannis. [ 38 ]
The cancellation of the Cape Codder marked the end of non-heritage passenger rail between the Cape and the mainland for almost twenty more years. From 1989 to 1999, Bay Colony Railroad operated seasonal heritage railroad excursions from Hyannis to Sagamore under the Cape Cod Railroad brand, [ 10 ] until these services were taken over by Cape ...
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The Old Colony Lines are a pair of branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The two branches operate concurrently for 10 miles (16 km) via the Old Colony Mainline from South Station to Braintree station .
Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad: Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad: NH: 1873 1883 Old Colony Railroad: Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad: NH: 1863 1874 New York and New England Railroad: Boston, Hingham and Hull Railroad: NH: 1880 1881 Nantasket Beach Railroad: Boston and Lowell Railroad: B&M: 1830 1919 ...
The station was a stop for daily trains to Boston (e.g., Cranberry, Buttermilk Bay, Sand Dune), as well as a stop for all the New Haven's long distance trains on its Cape Codder New York–Cape Cod service. [5] Regular commuter and mainline service to Wareham lasted until 1959, with brief summer service revivals in the early 1960s. [6]
The first Hyannis station was constructed in the early 1850s by the Cape Cod Railroad in time for the arrival of the first train from Boston on July 8, 1854. It is said that the train was met by a crowd estimated at 3,000. Immediately the line started running three trains a day to and from Boston. [1]