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- Old_Colony_Railroad abstract "The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island. It operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Fitchburg, Lowell and Cape Cod. For many years the Old Colony Railroad Company also operated steamboat and ferry lines, including those of the Fall River Line with express train service from Boston to its wharf in Fall River where passengers boarded luxury liners to New York City. The company also briefly operated a railroad line on Martha's Vineyard, as well as the freight-only Union Freight Railroad in Boston. The OC was named after the "Old Colony", the nickname for the Plymouth Colony.From 1845 to 1893, the OC network grew extensively largely through a series of mergers and acquisitions with other established railroads, until it was itself acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad under lease agreement on March 1, 1893 for its entire 617-mile network. After this date, all trains, lines, and stations became known as the "Old Colony Division" of the huge "New Haven" system. During this period, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad enjoyed a virtual monopoly on all passenger and freight rail service in southern New England.Passenger service on the New Haven Railroad's Old Colony Division ended in 1959, except for the main line between Boston and Providence, which continues to be used for passenger service by Amtrak and the MBTA. Since 1997, other former OC lines have been reopened to passenger service, including the MBTA's Old Colony Lines with service from Boston to Plymouth and Middleborough/Lakeville. In 2007, MBTA passenger service was restored on the Greenbush Line between Braintree and Greenbush Station in Scituate. The MBTA currently has plans to also restore passenger service to Fall River and New Bedford as part of its proposed South Coast Rail project.Other parts of the former OC system continue to be used for freight service by CSX Transportation and other short line railroads, including the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad which operates on Cape Cod and in southeastern Massachusetts. Parts of the former OC on Cape Cod are also still used to operate the Cape Cod Central Railroad tourist train from Hyannis to Buzzards Bay during the summer and fall months. Another tourist railroad, the Old Colony and Newport Scenic Railway operates on part of the former OC from Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island.Several abandoned portions of the OC have been converted into multi-use rail trails. These include the East Bay Bike Path in Rhode Island, as well as others in Lowell, Mansfield and Fairhaven, Massachusetts and the Cape Cod Rail Trail on Cape Cod.".
- Old_Colony_Railroad closingYear "1893".
- Old_Colony_Railroad headquarter Boston.
- Old_Colony_Railroad headquarter Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad location Boston.
- Old_Colony_Railroad location Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad location Providence,_Rhode_Island.
- Old_Colony_Railroad openingYear "1845".
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- Old_Colony_Railroad trackLength "992965.248".
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Ashmont-Mattapan_High_Speed_Line.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Barnstable_(village),_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Bay_Colony_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Berkley,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Boston.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Braintree,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Buzzards_Bay,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Cod_Central_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Cod_Central_Railroad_(1861–68).
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Cohasset,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Conrail.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Dedham,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Dighton_and_Somerset_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Dorchester,_Boston.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Dorchester,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Dorchester_and_Milton_Branch_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Duxbury_and_Cohasset_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink East_Bay_Bike_Path.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Easton,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Easton_Branch_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Edgartown.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Edgartown,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fairhaven,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fall_River.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fall_River,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fall_River_Railroad_(1846).
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fall_River_Railroad_(1874).
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fitchburg,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Fitchburg_and_Worcester_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Forest_Hills,_Boston.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Forest_Hills,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Framingham_and_Lowell_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Granite_Railway.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Granite_Railway_Company.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Greenbush_(MBTA_station).
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Hanover_Branch_Railroad.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Hanover_Branch_Railroad_(Massachusetts).
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Heritage_railway.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Hull,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Hyannis,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Katama.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Kingston,_Massachusetts.
- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Leominster,_Massachusetts.
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- Old_Colony_Railroad wikiPageWikiLink Lowell,_Massachusetts.