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MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system for the Greater Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and operated under contract by Keolis. In 2022, it was the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States with an average weekday ridership of 78,800. [1]
[10] [11]: 23 Salem was the terminus of the Eastern Railroad until December 18, 1839, when the extension to Ipswich opened as the first phase of the line's completion to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [11]: 22 The extension to Ipswich included a 718-foot (219 m) tunnel under Washington Street in Salem - one of the nation's first railroad tunnels.
A South Salem station would serve Salem State University, the North Shore Medical Center, and residential areas south of downtown Salem — some of which were served by the pre-1987 station, but only by the 455 and 459 buses thereafter.
never opened, built by the Boston and Maine Railroad: Martha's Vineyard Railroad: Oak Bluffs: South Beach: Nantucket Railroad: Nantucket: Siasconset: Southern New England Railway: Palmer: Rhode Island state line in Blackstone: never finished, built by the Grand Trunk Railway: Union Freight Railroad: connecting lines in downtown Boston
Salem station may refer to: Salem station (MBTA), a rail station in Massachusetts, US; South Salem station, a proposed rail station in Massachusetts, US; Salem station (Oregon), a rail station in Oregon, US; Salem Junction railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India; Salem Town railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India
New York and Boston Railroad: Berkshire Railroad: NH: 1837 1910 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Billerica and Bedford Railroad: B&M: 1876 1878 Boston and Lowell Railroad: Boston and Albany Railroad: B&A NYC: 1867 1961 New York Central Railroad: Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad: B&M: 1849 1885 Fitchburg Railroad: Boston, Clinton and ...
The Boston to Salem route had long been monopolized by the Eastern Railroad and when the South Reading line was opened, it took quite a bit of the business away with lower fares and the fact that passengers had a direct link to downtown Boston via the Boston and Maine Railroad, the Eastern's most heated rival. Whereas the Eastern had to ferry ...
The Green Line is one of the most-used light rail systems in the United States, serving over 101,000 passengers per day in 2023. [ 1 ] The state of Massachusetts committed to extending the Green Line in 1991, as part of a settlement related to the impacts of the Big Dig , but construction work on the Green Line Extension did not begin until 2012.