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  2. Downeaster (train) - Wikipedia

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    If the Downeaster were to run solely on the Haverhill Line, it would conflict with the local commuter rail service on a largely single-tracked rail line, since the Amtrak train makes no stops between Woburn and Haverhill. By using the Wildcat Branch to cross between the Lowell and Haverhill lines, the Downeaster can pass a Haverhill train.

  3. Haverhill station (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    The Downeaster began service, with a stop at the newly renovated Haverhill station, on December 14, 2001. [1] Haverhill station was temporarily closed for MBTA service on July 15, 2024, for replacement of the South Elm Street bridge in Bradford. Bradford station will be the outer terminal of the line until Haverhill station reopens in mid-2025.

  4. Haverhill Line - Wikipedia

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    The Haverhill Line (formerly Haverhill/Reading Line) is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from downtown Boston, Massachusetts to Haverhill.The service operates on the Western Route of the former Boston and Maine Railroad, which extends north to Portland, Maine, though MBTA commuter rail service has not continued north of Massachusetts since 1967.

  5. Boston and Lowell Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Due to scheduling conflicts with the MBTA, the Downeaster runs up the Lowell Line to Wilmington and then out the old B&M Wildcat Branch to the Haverhill/Reading Line. This route allows the Downeaster to pass a commuter train on the Haverhill/Reading Line without schedule conflicts. The route is also historically significant because it is the ...

  6. North Station - Wikipedia

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    A one-year pilot of the privately funded Fan Pier route, intended mostly as a private employee shuttle, began in January 2019. [24] In 2001, intercity service returned to North Station with Amtrak's Downeaster to Portland, Maine (later extended to Brunswick), using the Lowell and Haverhill lines to the New Hampshire border.

  7. Northern Tier Passenger Rail - Wikipedia

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    Portions of the Northern Tier corridor consists of single-track segments, particularly in the western regions of the route. Single-track operations limit the capacity and flexibility of the rail service, as trains traveling in opposite directions must wait for each other at designated passing points.

  8. List of Massachusetts railroads - Wikipedia

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    Andover and Haverhill Railroad: B&M: 1837 1839 Boston and Portland Railroad: Andover and Wilmington Railroad: B&M: 1833 1837 Andover and Haverhill Railroad: Asbury Grove Railroad: B&M: 1870 1870 Eastern Railroad: Ashburnham Railroad: B&M: 1871 1885 Fitchburg Railroad: Athol and Enfield Railroad: NYC: 1869 1873 Springfield, Athol and North ...

  9. MBTA Commuter Rail - Wikipedia

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    Several Amtrak intercity routes run on MBTA tracks: the Acela and Northeast Regional over the Providence/Stoughton Line, the Lake Shore Limited over the Framingham/Worcester Line, and the Downeaster over portions of the Lowell and Haverhill lines. [5] Private companies also operate freight service over much of the system (see § Freight service).