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Ayer was a major junction for both north–south and east–west rail lines during the rapid development of railroad transportation. The Nashua River Rail Trail sits on the former Hollis branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, which follows an old Nashaway Indian trail.
Operational rail ceases at a derelict trestle spanning the Nashua River on the Ayer/Groton border. Tracks are intact to Townsend, Massachusetts. Worcester and Nashua Railroad in 1848 (Southern branch still in operation under Pan Am Southern to Worcester to connect with CSX Transportation. Northern end of the branch from Ayer to Nashua, NH ...
In 1982, the line north of Ayer Junction was abandoned and the tracks removed two years later. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts acquired this portion of the right of way; in 2002 it was officially opened as the Nashua River Rail Trail. The one mile of track between Union Station in Nashua and an industrial park was abandoned finally in 1993.
The Worcester and Nashua Railroad was organized in 1845 (opened 1848) and the Nashua and Rochester Railroad in 1847, forming a line between Worcester, Massachusetts, and Rochester, New Hampshire, via Nashua. The W&N leased the N&R in 1874, and the two companies merged into the Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad in 1883. The B&M leased the ...
The Nashua and Lowell Railroad (N&L) was a 14-mile-long (23 km) railroad built to connect Nashua, New Hampshire with the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Chartered in June 1835, construction began in 1837 and the first train ran the next year. The Nashua and Lowell was the first railroad built in the state of New Hampshire.
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad: Groton and Nashua Railroad: B&M: 1844 1846 Worcester and Nashua Railroad: Lake Shore Railroad: B&M: 1883 1901 Concord and Montreal Railroad: Maine Central Railroad: MEC MEC 1888 2003 New Hampshire Central Railroad: Manchester and Keene Railroad: B&M: 1864 1881 Boston and Lowell Railroad/ Concord Railroad
Ayer has been a major railroad interchange since the Fitchburg Railroad opened through South Groton in 1845, followed by the Stony Brook Railroad, Worcester and Nashua Railroad, and Peterborough and Shirley Railroad in 1848. The original depot was replaced with a union station with a large trainshed in 1848. Land speculation and industrial ...
Grafton and Upton Railroad: North Grafton: Milford: Upton Loop, West Upton to Upton: Hampden Railroad: Springfield: Bondsville: never opened, built by the Boston and Maine Railroad and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Lancaster Railroad: Lancaster: Hudson: never opened, built by the Boston and Maine Railroad: Martha's Vineyard ...