Boston and Maine Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

The Boston and Maine Railroad was a major New England railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and surrounding states from the 19th through the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Boston and Maine Railroad canonical 31
Boston and Maine Corporation 7
Boston and Maine Railroad network 3

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation B&M ⓘ
beganOperations mid-19th century ⓘ
commuterServiceLaterOperatedBy MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
connectedTo Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway

Central Vermont Railway ⓘ
Canadian National Railway ⓘ
surface form: Grand Trunk Railway

Maine Central Railroad ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1835 ⓘ
declineFactor highway competition ⓘ
regulatory and financial difficulties ⓘ
rise of automobile travel ⓘ
endedOperationsAsIndependentCompany 1983 ⓘ
enteredBankruptcy 1970 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Boston and Lowell Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Maine Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad (earlier corporate predecessors)

Concord Railroad ⓘ
Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) ⓘ
Fitchburg Railroad ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
heritagePreservedBy various railway museums in New England ⓘ
majorTerminal Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
North Station ⓘ
notableRoute Boston–Concord main line ⓘ
Boston–Portland main line ⓘ
Fitchburg Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Boston–Troy (via Fitchburg) line

Connecticut River Line ⓘ
Hoosac Tunnel route ⓘ
operatedIn Maine ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

Vermont ⓘ
ownedStructure Hoosac Tunnel route ⓘ
surface form: Hoosac Tunnel
passengerServiceTransferredTo Amtrak ⓘ
peakEra early 20th century ⓘ
primaryCommodityCarried coal ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
paper products ⓘ
primaryHub Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
regionServed northern New England ⓘ
southern New England ⓘ
servedCity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Burlington, Vermont ⓘ
Concord, New Hampshire ⓘ
Fitchburg ⓘ
surface form: Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ
Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
Mechanicville, New York ⓘ
Portland, Maine ⓘ
Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
White River Junction, Vermont ⓘ
serviceType freight rail ⓘ
passenger rail ⓘ
successor Guilford Transportation Industries ⓘ
Pan Am Railways ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

Belmont Center station → formerService → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
South Acton → hasFormerService → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston Garden → owner → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Boston and Maine Railroad → formedByMergerOf → Boston and Maine Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad (earlier corporate predecessors)
West Concord → historicalRailroad → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Fitchburg Railroad → becamePartOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Fitchburg Railroad → partOfRailNetwork → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad system
Fitchburg Railroad → successor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
MBTA Waverley → hasFormerService → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Lowell Railroad → becamePartOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Lowell Railroad → successor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Lowell Railroad → connectedTo → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad network
Pan Am Railways → formedFrom → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line → historicalPredecessor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Concord Railroad → becamePartOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Concord Railroad → successor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Concord Railroad → mergedInto → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Concord Railroad → partOfHistoryOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Guilford Transportation Industries → acquired → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Guilford Transportation Industries → owned → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) → becamePartOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) → successor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Eastern Railroad (of Massachusetts) → mergedInto → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad system
Boston–Concord main line → served → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston–Concord main line → partOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad network
Boston–Concord main line → railroadOperator → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Maine Central Railroad → connectedTo → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Wyoming Hill station → hasFormerService → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Haverhill station → formerService → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Eastern Route → historicalUse → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Division
White River Junction, Vermont → developedAsRailHubFor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Maine Railroad Lexington Branch → operator → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Maine Railroad Lexington Branch → partOf → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad network
Andover station → formerOperator → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Fitchburg Line stations → historicalOperator → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Athol, Massachusetts → hasRailServiceHistory → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
New England rail network → historicallyBuiltBy → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Bellows Falls Amtrak station → formerOperator → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Montague, Massachusetts → hasRailHistory → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
Guilford Rail System → predecessor → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Guilford Rail System → acquiredRailroad → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Springfield Terminal Railway → associatedWith → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston and Maine Corporation
Gorham, New Hampshire → hasRailHistoryWith → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
CV → connectedTo → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Vermont Railway
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad → connectedTo → Boston and Maine Railroad ⓘ