Boston–Portland main line
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The Boston–Portland main line is a historic New England railroad corridor connecting Boston, Massachusetts, with Portland, Maine, that has long served as a key passenger and freight route along the region’s coast.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston and Maine Railroad main line | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail corridor
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| connects |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| electrification | not electrified on most segments ⓘ |
| follows | New England coast ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key coastal rail route in New England ⓘ |
| historicalUse | primary rail link between Boston and Portland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ |
| operator |
Amtrak
ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak (on portions)
various freight railroads ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
New England coastline
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic coast of the United States (New England section)
|
| partOf | Boston–Maine rail network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Essex County, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockingham County, New Hampshire ⓘ York County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Boston
ⓘ
southern Maine ⓘ |
| service | intercity passenger trains (on portions) ⓘ |
| status |
partly active
ⓘ
partly historic ⓘ |
| terminus |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Portland, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail transport ⓘ |
| use |
freight rail
ⓘ
passenger rail ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boston and Maine Railroad main line