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)	100–198 (weekday) 1100–1167 (Saturday) 2100–2167 (Sunday)
Operator(s)	Keolis North America
Daily ridership	11,333 (October 2022)[1]
Technical
Line length	36.2 miles (58.3 km) (Newburyport–Boston) 35.3 miles (56.8 km) (Rockport–Boston)[2]
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Show interactive map Legend former Eastern Route to Portland 56.9 mi 91.6 km Portsmouth (closed) 48.7 mi 78.4 km North Hampton (closed) 46.5 mi 74.8 km Hampton (closed) NH MA Merrimack River 36.2 mi 58.3 km Newburyport Newburyport Layover 31.2 mi 50.2 km Rowley 27.6 mi 44.4 km Ipswich 22.7 mi 36.5 km Hamilton/Wenham 20.8 mi 33.5 km North Beverly Gloucester Branch 35.3 mi 56.8 km Rockport Rockport Layover 31.6 mi 50.9 km Gloucester Gloucester Draw 30.6 mi 49.2 km Harbor (closed) 29.6 mi 47.6 km West Gloucester 25.4 mi 40.9 km Manchester Manchester Draw 22.9 mi 36.9 km Beverly Farms 22.2 mi 35.7 km Prides Crossing (closed) 19.8 mi 31.9 km Montserrat 18.3 mi 29.5 km Beverly Depot Beverly Draw (Danvers River) 16.8 mi 27 km Salem Peabody Branch (closed) Salem Tunnel Salem (pre-1987 location) South Salem (proposed) 12.8 mi 20.6 km Swampscott 11.5 mi 18.5 km Lynn Saugus Branch 9.9 mi 15.9 km River Works Saugus Draw  SL3  to South Station 4.6 mi 7.4 km Bellingham Square  SL3  Chelsea  SL3  Saugus Branch Mystic River  Haverhill   Orange  to Oak Grove Sullivan Square Grand Junction Railroad  Lowell  0.8 mi 1.3 km Maintenance facility  Fitchburg  Community College  D  to Union Square  E  to Medford/​Tufts Lechmere Charles River Science Park 0 mi 0 km North Station  Orange  to Forest Hills  D  to Riverside  E  to Heath Street This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

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.