Grand Junction Railroad

Grand Junction Railroad
Historical route of the Grand Junction Railroad at its maximum extent
Overview
Locale	Boston, Massachusetts
Termini	East Boston Terminal
Technical
Line length	8.55 mi (13.76 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Loading gauge	Minimal Plate B
Route map Legend Bellingham Square Eastern Route to Newburyport  SL3  Chelsea Box District Eastern Avenue New England Produce Center Mystic River Chelsea Creek Western Route to Dover  Orange Line  to Oak Grove SL3 via Chelsea Street Bridge Sullivan Square Coughlin Bypass Road  Orange Line  to Forest Hills to Eastern Route New Hampshire Main Line to Lowell  SL3  to South Station to North Station Bremen Street Park Maintenance Facility East Boston Greenway New Hampshire Main Line to Lowell East Boston terminal  Red Line  to Alewife│ to Ashmont & Mattapan Grand Junction RR Bridge over Charles River Worcester Main Line to Worcester to South Station This diagram: view talk edit

The Grand Junction Railroad is an 8.55-mile (13.76 km) long railroad in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, connecting the railroads heading west and north from Boston. The line is notable for its railroad bridge over the Charles River that passes under the Boston University Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Most of it is still in use, carrying scrap either inbound or outbound to the Schnitzer scrap yard on the Everett waterfront^[1] or freight to the Chelsea Produce Market,^[2] and non-revenue transfers of Amtrak and MBTA passenger equipment between the lines terminating at North Station and South Station.