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The CapeFlyer (stylized CapeFLYER) is a passenger rail service in Massachusetts between Boston and Cape Cod that began in 2013. It is operated by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
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 ...
Intermediate stops initially included Holbrook, Brockton, Bridgewater, Middleboro, Wareham, and Buzzards Bay, plus Sandwich and West Barnstable on Hyannis trains. [3] The two daily round trips - one to each Cape Cod terminal - were the first regular service between the Boston area and the Cape in 25 years. [3] Braintree-Hyannis trips took three ...
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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 ...
The Cape Cod Central Railroad uses a separate station building across the tracks for its excursion services. A rail yard used by the Cape Cod Central is located north of the station, along with a former roundhouse. The first Hyannis station was built by the Cape Cod Railroad in 1854. It was replaced by a nearly-identical structure in the early ...
The southeastern part of Massachusetts had yet to be served by a rail link to Boston. On March 16, 1844, the Old Colony Railroad Corporation was formed to provide a rail connection between Boston and Plymouth. Construction of the line began in South Boston in June 1844 and the 36.8-mile (59.2 km) line opened to Plymouth on November 10, 1845 ...
Middleborough/Lakeville station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Lakeville, Massachusetts, just south of the Middleborough border. It is the southern terminus of the Middleborough/Lakeville Line; it is also an intermediate stop for seasonal CapeFlyer service to Cape Cod.