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In August 2007, top speeds were increased from 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) to 79 miles per hour (127 km/h), cutting 20 minutes from trips between Portland and Boston. The first expansion of Downeaster service came that month, when the improvements made it possible to increase from four to five daily round trips from Portland to Boston. [ 6 ]
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.
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.
(The route via Wells River, St. Johnsbury and Newport was the more direct route of the two itineraries.) [6] For this itinerary the Montreal route was marketed as an Air-line railroad. Massive cutbacks on May 18, 1958, included the end of Stoneham Branch service and the closure of Medford Hillside, Tufts College, and North Somerville stations. [7]
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).
The Wildcat Branch is a single track railroad branch line which connects the MBTA Lowell Line in Wilmington, Massachusetts to the MBTA Haverhill Line at Wilmington Junction. The total length of the branch line from the connection with the Lowell Line to the merge with the Haverhill Line is 2.88 miles (4.63 km).
Route 12 then proceeds northeast for 0.8 miles (1.3 km) and joins U.S. Route 20. The two routes concurrently enter Auburn and continue northeast for 0.7 miles (1.1 km). After branching off, Route 12 remains parallel to US 20 until it meets an interchange connecting the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) with Interstates 290 and 395. After ...
It is also served by Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), as well as the Greater Portland Metro route 1 and BREEZ bus services. [4] The station is open from 4:30 AM to 12:15 AM and from 2:45 AM to 3:15 AM. [5] Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood, [6] about a half mile west of the former site of Portland ...