Newburyport/Rockport Line

Newburyport/Rockport Line
Newburyport/Rockport Line
	An outbound train in Manchester-by-the-Sea in 2014
Overview
Owner	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Locale	Greater Boston
Termini	North Station; Newburyport or Rockport;
Stations	12 (Newburyport–Boston); 14 (Rockport–Boston); (7 serve both routes)
Service
Type	Commuter Rail
System	MBTA Commuter Rail
Services	2
Train number(s)	6–93, 102–193 (weekdays); 5010–5093, 5102–5187 (weekends)
Operator(s)	Keolis North America
Daily ridership	11,333 (October 2022)
Technical
Line length	36.2 miles (58.3 km) (Newburyport–Boston); 35.3 miles (56.8 km) (Rockport–Boston)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	former Eastern Route
	to Portland
	56.9 mi
	91.6 km
	48.7 mi
	78.4 km
	46.5 mi
	74.8 km
	NH
	MA
	36.2 mi
	58.3 km
	31.2 mi
	50.2 km
	27.6 mi
	44.4 km
	22.7 mi
	36.5 km
	20.8 mi
	33.5 km
	35.3 mi
	56.8 km
	31.6 mi
	50.9 km
	30.6 mi
	49.2 km
	29.6 mi
	47.6 km
	25.4 mi
	40.9 km
	22.9 mi
	36.9 km
	22.2 mi
	35.7 km
	19.8 mi
	31.9 km
	18.3 mi
	29.5 km
	16.8 mi
	27 km
	12.8 mi
	20.6 km
	11.5 mi
	18.5 km
	9.9 mi
	15.9 km
	4.6 mi
	7.4 km
	0.8 mi
	1.3 km
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The Newburyport/Rockport Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running northeast from downtown Boston, Massachusetts towards Cape Ann and the Merrimack Valley, serving the North Shore. The first leg, operating via the Eastern Route of the former Boston and Maine Railroad, serves Chelsea, Lynn, Swampscott, Salem, and Beverly. From there, a northern branch continues via the Eastern Route to serve Hamilton, Ipswich, Rowley, and Newburyport, while other trains operate east from Beverly via the Gloucester Branch, serving Manchester, Gloucester, and Rockport. A bicycle coach is offered on the Rockport branch during the summer.^[3] With over 11,000 daily riders in October 2022, the line is the second-busiest on the system.

^ Poftak, Steve (October 27, 2022). "GM Report" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. p. 6.
^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ MBTA. "MBTA Bike Train" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2013.