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The Cotton Valley Rail Trail Club uses about 8 miles (13 km) of the track in the Ossipee area for recreational use of speeders, between Route 28 and Route 16. In 2007, the Silver Lake Railroad began operating small, seasonal tourist trains along 3 miles (5 km) of track in Madison , using large speeders.
Hampton’s long-awaited rail trail with safe and scenic bike rides to Portsmouth by 2025 is part of larger Seacoast and East Coast Greenway vision.
The project when finished will offer 17-miles of trails connecting Seabrook, Hampton Falls, Hampton, North Hampton, Rye, Greenland and Portsmouth.
In August 2019, New Hampshire purchased 9.6 miles (15.4 km) from Hampton to Portsmouth for $5 million for use as a rail trail. [9] The Newburyport City Branch between Parker Street and Water Street, abandoned in 1971, was converted to Phase II of the Clipper City Rail Trail in 2019.
In 1945 the Concord & Portsmouth dissolved. In 1982 the track between Rockingham Junction and East Manchester closed and is now owned by the state of New Hampshire and managed as a recreational trail. The Manchester to East Manchester segment was operated as an industrial spur and saw rail service until 1994. It was abandoned in 1995.
In the 1860s and 1870s, the Northern was under the control of Onslow Stearns, who served as president of the railroad from 1852 until his death in 1878. [22] The Northern thrived under his leadership, and the yearly gross income of the road rose from nearly $364,000 in 1861 to $500,000 in 1881, while passenger-miles increased from 3.6m to 5.9m and revenue freight increased from 12.6m to 29.4m ...
The Banks-Vernonia State Trail, Oregon's first rail-trail park, showcases thick forests, clear streams, farmland, and abundant fresh air on this link between the trail's namesake towns northwest ...
Nashua River Rail Trail; National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Boston & Maine Corp. North Wind; P. Portland Terminal Company; Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad;