Parkers – New Boston Railway
| Parkers NH – New Boston NH as of 1999 |
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The Parkers – New Boston railway is a former rail link in New Hampshire ( United States ). It is around eight kilometers long and connects the cities of Goffstown and New Boston . The line has been completely shut down and dismantled since 1935.
history
On February 19, 1891, the New Boston Railroad was founded. They built a 8.35-kilometer branch line to New Boston, which branched off from the Manchester – Henniker railway line at Parker Station . The standard gauge line went into operation on June 26, 1893. Five days earlier, the Concord and Montreal Railroad leased the train for an initial 99 years. The route runs along the west bank of the Piscataquog River .
In 1895 the lease was transferred to the Boston and Maine Railroad , which ceased all traffic on June 15, 1931. The line was officially closed on December 28, 1934 and then dismantled.
Timetable
The timetable of September 28, 1913 only provided for two pairs of passenger trains on working days, one of which ran through to Manchester . Travel time between Parker and New Boston was between 12 and 20 minutes.
Sources and further information
- Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Walker: Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. New England & Maritime Canada. SPV-Verlag, Dunkirk (GB), 1999.
- ↑ Distance kilometers from http://www.trainweb.org/nhrra/Mileage-Charts/BM-RR/North-Weare.htm
- ↑ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Issued November 1913. Boston & Maine Railroad, Table 34. page 192.
- literature
- George H. Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads 2nd Ed. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 2000, ISBN 0-89024-356-5
- Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5 .