Massachusetts Central Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

The Massachusetts Central Railroad is a regional rail line in Massachusetts that historically provided freight and passenger service across the central part of the state.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
charteredAs	Massachusetts Central Railroad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Boston and Albany Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Boston and Maine Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declineReason	competition from highways and automobiles ⓘ railroad consolidations in New England ⓘ
freightServiceReduction	mid-20th century ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
historicalRole	provided east–west rail connection across central Massachusetts ⓘ
inception	1869 ⓘ
infrastructureType	single-track main line ⓘ
lineReuse	Mass Central Rail Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwottuck Rail Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ Ware River Rail Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ various local rail trails in Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts ⓘ central Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFeature	formed part of a potential Boston–Hudson River route through central Massachusetts ⓘ
passengerServiceEnd	20th century ⓘ
peakEra	late 19th century ⓘ
primaryRouteDirection	east–west ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed	New England ⓘ
servedArea	Belchertown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Hampden County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Hampshire County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Northampton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmer, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutland, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Southbridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Springfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Ware, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcester County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceType	freight rail service ⓘ passenger rail service ⓘ
status	largely abandoned ⓘ
successor	Boston and Albany Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ CSX Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Conrail NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackOwnership	owned main line trackage across central Massachusetts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New England Central Railroad → connectsTo → Massachusetts Central Railroad ⓘ

Palmer, Massachusetts, United States → hasRailroadJunction → Massachusetts Central Railroad ⓘ

subject surface form: Palmer, Massachusetts