Eastern Route

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Eastern Route is a historic Boston-area railroad corridor that serves as the primary right-of-way for MBTA Commuter Rail service to Newburyport and Rockport.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Route main line 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail line
railroad corridor
connectsTo North Station
surface form: Boston North Station
connectsWith MBTA Newburyport/Rockport Line NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electrification not electrified
gauge standard gauge
historicalSignificance one of the historic rail corridors serving Boston
historicalUse Boston and Maine Railroad
surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Division

Boston–Portland main line
surface form: Boston and Maine Railroad main line
locatedIn Greater Boston
Massachusetts
operator MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
owner MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
partOf MBTA Commuter Rail network NERFINISHED
primaryFunction commuter rail right-of-way
passenger rail corridor
railTraffic commuter trains
regionServed Essex County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
serves Newburyport NERFINISHED
North Shore
surface form: North Shore of Massachusetts

Rockport
status in use
terminus Boston NERFINISHED
Newburyport NERFINISHED
Rockport
trackConfiguration primarily double track
usedBy MBTA Commuter Rail NERFINISHED

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Rockport Branch connectsTo Eastern Route
this entity surface form: Eastern Route main line