Wildcat Branch

Wildcat Branch
Wildcat Branch as seen from the former Salem Street station site
Route map

Wilmington Junction
Salem Street (closed)
Wilmington
Wilmington Junction detail
Wilmington Junction
Salem & Lowell Branch
Haverhill Line
to North Station

The Wildcat Branch is a single track railroad branch line which connects the MBTA Lowell Line in Wilmington, Massachusetts to the MBTA Haverhill Line at Wilmington Junction. The total length of the branch line from the connection with the Lowell Line to the merge with the Haverhill Line is 2.88 miles (4.63 km). It was operated from 1836 to 1848, then rebuilt in 1874, and has been used since.

The branch's name is in reference to Wilmington's high school mascot, the Wildcats. The entire length of the current branch line is within the town of Wilmington.