Newburyport/Rockport Line

Newburyport/Rockport Line
An outbound train in Manchester-by-the-Sea in 2014
Overview
OwnerMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
LocaleGreater Boston
Termini
Stations12 (Newburyport–Boston)
14 (Rockport–Boston)
(7 serve both routes)
Service
TypeCommuter Rail
SystemMBTA Commuter Rail
Services2
Train number(s)100–198 (weekday)
1100–1167 (Saturday)
2100–2167 (Sunday)
Operator(s)Keolis North America
Daily ridership11,333 (October 2022)[1]
Technical
Line length36.2 miles (58.3 km) (Newburyport–Boston)
35.3 miles (56.8 km) (Rockport–Boston)[2]
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

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)
36.2 mi
58.3 km
Newburyport
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
31.6 mi
50.9 km
Gloucester
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
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
Salem Tunnel
Salem
(pre-1987 location)
South Salem
(proposed)
12.8 mi
20.6 km
Swampscott
11.5 mi
18.5 km
Lynn
9.9 mi
15.9 km
River Works
4.6 mi
7.4 km
Bellingham Square
 SL3 
Chelsea
 SL3 
Orange Line (MBTA) Sullivan Square
 Lowell 
0.8 mi
1.3 km
Orange Line (MBTA) Community College
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 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.

  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.
  3. ^ MBTA. "MBTA Bike Train" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2013.