Lowell Line

Lowell Line
An outbound train arriving at Anderson RTC in 2023
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
LocaleNortheastern Massachusetts
Termini
Stations9
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMBTA Commuter Rail
Train number(s)300–342 (weekday)
1300-1317 (Saturday)
2300-2317 (Sunday)
Operator(s)Keolis North America
Daily ridership6,485 (October 2022)[1]
History
Opened1835 (Boston and Lowell Railroad)
Technical
Line length25.4 miles (40.9 km)[2]
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Map
73.3 mi
118 km
73.3 mi
118 km
Concord 
55.5 mi
89.3 km
Manchester
46.1 mi
74.2 km
Merrimack
39.0 mi
62.8 km
Nashua
25.5 mi
41 km
Lowell
21.8 mi
35.1 km
North Billerica
19.2 mi
30.9 km
East Billerica
17.0 mi
27.4 km
Silver Lake
15.2 mi
24.5 km
Wilmington
12.7 mi
20.4 km
Anderson/Woburn
Downeaster (train)
11.6 mi
18.7 km
Mishawum
10.9 mi
17.5 km
Lechmere Warehouse
10.5 mi
16.9 km
Walnut Hill
9.0 mi
14.5 km
Winchester Highlands
Woburn
Cross Street
7.8 mi
12.6 km
Winchester Center
7.3 mi
11.7 km
Wedgemere
5.5 mi
8.9 km
West Medford
 E  Medford/​Tufts
4.0 mi
6.4 km
Tufts University
4.0 mi
6.4 km
Tufts University
Ball Square
Magoun Square
Gilman Square
East Somerville
0.8 mi
1.3 km
Lechmere
Science Park
0 mi
0 km
North Station
Green Line (MBTA) Orange Line (MBTA) MBTA Commuter Rail Downeaster (train)
 D  to Riverside
 E  to Heath Street

The Lowell Line is a commuter rail service of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north–south between Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts. It is 25.4 miles (40.9 km) long, with nine stations including the terminals at North Station and Lowell station. All stations are accessible except for West Medford and Mishawum.

Lowell Line service runs on the New Hampshire Main Line, originally built as the Boston and Lowell Railroad in 1835. It was leased by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1887. Local service operated between Boston and Concord, New Hampshire, with most trains using the Woburn Loop. The final Concord service ended in 1967 during the transition to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subsidization, leaving Lowell–Boston and Woburn–Boston service. Concord service briefly resumed in 1980–81; Woburn service ended in 1981.

  1. ^ Poftak, Steve (October 27, 2022). "GM Report" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.