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On June 24–27, 2021, Downeaster trains stopped at Falmouth Country Club to serve attendees of the Live and Work in Maine Open. [40] Design work for positive train control (PTC) over the section of the route between Haverhill and Brunswick was completed in March 2023. (The Boston–Haverhill section had PTC installed by the MBTA several years ...
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.
On January 23, 2021, reduced schedules based on the December 14 vote went into place, with no weekend service on seven lines. [30] [76] Service changes on April 5, 2021, increased midday service on most lines as part of a transition to a regional rail model. [77] Weekend service on the seven lines resumed on July 3, 2021. [78]
The system's routes span 394 miles (630 km) and cover roughly the eastern third of Massachusetts plus central Rhode Island. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They stretch from Newburyport in the north to North Kingstown, Rhode Island , in the south, and reach as far west as Worcester and Fitchburg .
North Wilmington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in North Wilmington, Massachusetts.It serves the Haverhill Line, and is located off Middlesex Avenue ().It has some of the most limited station faculties on the MBTA system – a single short non-accessible platform serving the line's single track at the location, with a small parking lot and shelter for passengers.
While anchored by major cities, long-distance trains also serve many rural communities en route (unlike commercial flights). A minority of passengers ride an entire route at once, with most traveling between a terminus and an intermediate stop. [8] In FY2023, Amtrak's long-distance trains carried 3,944,124 riders, around 14% of the company's ...
Route Numbers Daily round trips FY2024 passengers [1] Route miles Acela: NEC Boston – New York – Washington 2100–2290 16 (weekday), 4 (Sat), 9 (Sun) 3,238,130 456 Adirondack: State-supported Montreal – New York 68, 69: 1 71,012 381 Amtrak Cascades: State-supported Vancouver – Seattle – Portland – Eugene: 500–519 4 941,727 467 ...