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Work started in the early-1880s. The GER started the new line about one mile west of Yarmouth Vauxhall and the junction was named Breydon. The first part of the new line opened on 1 March 1883 as far as the first station west of Yarmouth Vauxhall at Acle. The system settled down for the next four decades, apart from the disruption of World War I.
Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era.
Tolls were removed from the road in 1861, though they remained on the Yarmouth Suspension Bridge over the River Bure into the town centre until 1920. [6] In 1882, the railway line between Acle and Great Yarmouth was built parallel to the Acle Straight. [7] The Stracey Arms Windpump was built in 1883 near the Halvergate branch road junction. It ...
The line to Beccles closed on 2 November 1959 and all services between Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth operated over the later 1903 line. Expresses still served the station but from 18 June 1962 these were diverted to Yarmouth Vauxhall . [11] The station was proposed for closure under the Beeching Axe. In the mid-1960s it became unstaffed and its ...
The 1941-built Yarmouth station in 1974. The original station was built in the village of Yarmouth Port when the Cape Cod Railroad extended its line from Sandwich to Hyannis in 1854. [1] In December 1865, the Cape Cod Central Railroad opened a branch from Yarmouth to Orleans, which was later extended to Provincetown. [2]
The Metro Breez (stylized METRO BREEZ) is an express bus service in Southern Maine, United States, provided by Greater Portland Metro.It runs thirteen times on weekdays and six times on Saturdays between Portland, the state's largest city, and Brunswick, around 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast, [1] with stops in Yarmouth and Freeport.
The line was also dependent on use by local travellers. [2] It lacked the direct routes of its rival at Yarmouth Vauxhall, instead taking a winding path across Norfolk without serving major towns. Use of the line gradually began to decline and, by the 1950s, competition from the roads diminished passenger numbers.
There is also a new Metro CONNECT route, an on-demand shuttle service to expand service within Falmouth. [13] Routes 21, 24A and 24B from South Portland Bus Service have been incorporated into METRO as of December 29, 2024, with no planned route changes thus far. The fares of these routes will remain the same as the other METRO routes. [14]