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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Route main line