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The newly formed Old Colony Railroad extended the line to Provincetown, at the very tip of Cape Cod, opening on July 23, 1873. In 1874, Old Colony founded the Martha's Vineyard Railroad, built across nine miles (14.5 km) on sand of the island of Martha's Vineyard, running from the Oak Bluffs steamer wharf to Mattakeeset Lodge in Katama, Edgartown.
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
MV Vineyard Lady: 2015 Hyannis–Martha's Vineyard High speed catamaran, built in 2007 by Yank Marine [9] MV Grey Lady IV: 2016 Hyannis–Nantucket High speed catamaran, built by Gladding-Heam Shipbuilding [9] MV Monhegan 2023 Cape Cod Canal Cruises Built in 1959 for the Maine State Ferry Co. as a car ferry.
Island Home was sold by the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. in 1895 or 1896 (sources vary.) [4]. Records of the Island Home resurfaced in the 1897-1900 editions of Record of American and Foreign Shipping as a 184' long, 30-ton vessel.
MV Island Home is a ferry built by VT Halter Marine in 2005 for the Steamship Authority. She replaced the MV Islander on the Authority's route between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven . [ 1 ] She has been serving the Woods Hole–Martha's Vineyard route since her maiden voyage on March 5, 2007.
A friend and I recently decided to take a day trip to P-town from Boston via a 90-minute ferry ride on Boston's Provincetown/Cape Cod fast ferry through Boston Harbor City Cruises. Including taxes ...
Junction with Woods Hole Branch; originally named Cohasset Narrows, now served by CapeFlyer and heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad: Bourne: 56.0 (90.1) Originally named Monument, now served by CapeFlyer: Bournedale: 58.8 (94.6) Sandwich: Sagamore: 60.0 (96.6) Served by the heritage Cape Cod Central Railroad: Sandwich: 62.5 (100.6) East Sandwich ...
Daily ferry service brings tourists, residents and supplies from Woods Hole to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. It is the main ferry line between the Vineyard and the mainland (as Nantucket is further east, its main line leaves Hyannis). A seasonal ferry, the Island Queen, runs from Falmouth Harbor to Martha's Vineyard. [10]