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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. [ 37 ]
The service is operated by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA), in collaboration with the MBTA and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT); it uses standard MBTA commuter equipment. The CapeFLYER is the first regular passenger service to Cape Cod from Boston since the 1960s. [3]
In 2013, the CapeFLYER service began running from South Station to Hyannis on summer weekends – the first direct service from Boston to Cape Cod since 1959. Though officially a Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority service, the CapeFLYER uses MBTA equipment. [29] A 4-mile extension of the Fitchburg Line to Wachusett station opened on September ...
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One of the Cape Cod Central Railroad's excursion trains in 2009 A CapeFLYER train crosses the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge on the Cape Main Line in 2013 A Massachusetts Coastal Railroad freight train operating in 2014. Throughout the 20th century, most of the railroad tracks on the outer Cape were removed, with many being replaced with rail ...
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]
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]
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) operates a bus transit system of fixed and flexible routes, seasonal rail service to Boston, and a paratransit service in the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. The CCRTA was created under the provisions of Chapter 161B of the Massachusetts General Laws in 1976.