Eastern Railroad
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For other railways with the name Eastern Railroad or Eastern Railway, see Eastern Railway (disambiguation).
The Eastern Railroad was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine. Throughout its history, it competed with the Boston and Maine Railroad for service between the two cities, until the Boston & Maine put an end to the competition by leasing the Eastern in December 1884. Much of the railroad's main line in Massachusetts is used by the MBTA's Newburyport/Rockport commuter rail line, and some unused parts of its right-of-way have been converted to rail trails.[1]
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Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
Locale | New England |
Dates of operation | 1836ā1884 |
Successor | Boston and Maine Railroad |
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