Getting to the Cape No, you can't take a train to Cape Cod Today Yes, you used to be able to take a train to Cape Cod Even Amtrak used to run to Cape Cod Maybe someday you will be able to take a train to Cape Cod This WebSite will tell you when you can In the meantime, see the options below: Drive Sounds pretty easy doesn't it? Mapquest will show you in a minute. Only problem is there are only two bridges and they both get flooded with cars in the summer. Even the roads on the Cape get choked. Why spoil your weekend/vacation with that aggrevation? Bus Bus schedules: see the companies below: Fly Cape Cod Web has a flight planner. or see the companies below: Boat Yes, you can bring your own boat or get a charter from Boston or Plymouth. or see the companies on this page:

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Updates on Cape Cod Rails for 2006

This year the Cape Cod Central Railroad got some new owners. Hopefully rail service will get better.

Are the new owners interested in restoring passenger service to Braintree or even Boston? We used to have it, back when it was called the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. Be great to have Boston-Hyannis service. I do not think any private operation out of Hyannis will be permitted to go beyond Middleboro, too many operating conditions will likely prevent it. It would be a shuttle from the Middleboro/Lakeville MBCR station, and then synchronize the schedule with the MBTA trains so that passengers can transfer to and take the Hyannis extension. This service would find passengers. Even if a two-seat ride to BOS is time-equivalent to driving, the time spent aboard could otherwise be productive. Yes a one-seat ride would be nice. First a diner then maybe a parlor car? How cool would it be riding an open platform parlor car to the Cape on a sultry Friday afternoon!

The reason for Bay Colony giving up the South Dennis track is the rapidly-deteriorating Bass River bridge. The abutments date back to the 1880's and would be far too costly to repair.

Keep hearing about maybe Amtrak or MBTA should run service to the Cape. Amtrak does not have to be involved in service to the Cape but in order for a passenger to have a one seat ride between New York and Hyannis, Amtrak would very definately need to be involved. An across the platform transfer at Providence could be done but a through train or trains would be much for the riders of such a service.

Don't think we will ever return to the New Haven RR days when there would be two different trains leaving about 30 minutes apart from Hyannis, one for Boston and one for New York and the old downtown station would be a literal madhouse with buses on one side and trains on the other. Three open ticket windows with long lines of people buying tickets and the crews calling out "Boston train on your right, New York train on your left".

Its nice to say that the train must match the bus time from Boston. But I can't remember ever seeing a flying bus, and that would be needed to get around the huge traffic jams coming to the cape!

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One of the most interesting locations that railroads have been built to is Cape Cod. The road that operated to CapeCod was part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. Any D&H fan who objects to stories about the New Haven in a Delaware & Hudson magazine had very quickly review the history of the two roads to understand the close financial relationship and the many interlocking directors.

The railroad era came to Cape Cod in 1848 when a road was built from Middleboro on the mainland to Sandwich on the Cape. It was built primarily to serve the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. The Cape Cod Railroad extended itself to Hyannis in 1854 and after the Civil War the Cape Cod Central Railroad went on to Orleans and Wellfleet. It was taken over by the Old Colony RR in 1872 which extended the line to Provincetown in 1873 and pushed tracks into Woods Hole. The New Haven Railroad leased the Old Colony in 1893. The glass company only lasted until the 1880's, but other industry supported freight service. Passenger service became important by the end of the 19th Century as the Cape became a resort area.

Provincetown tracks ended in the center of town at a large wharf. There was also a freight shed at the front of the wharf. Fish trains were loaded there and cars went all over the country. Double tracks went to the shed and a single track to the end of the wharf. The station and some storage tracks were in the center of town and a spur track about a mile away served to turn locomotives. The wharf is gone and the tracks paved over, but some traces of the yard can still be found. A spur at North Truro went right onto the sand dunes and was used to load sand cars for several glass factories.

After the Civil War, two trains a day ran to Middleboro where there were connections to Boston. Until 1918, there was a summer weekend train called the "Dude Train". It left Boston's South Station and ran to Woods Hole where it connected with the Martha's Vineyard steamer. By World War I, there were ten daily trains from Boston. Trains also ran from Fall River and there were several shuttle trains on the Cape. Engine changes at Buzzards Bay were common. From Buzzards Bay, trains went to either Provincetown or Woods Hole.

Through the 1920's, rail was the main form of transportation on the Cape. Even during the winter, there were two trains from Boston to Provincetown. Hyannis had two trains and Woods Hole three. Shuttle activity included trains to Chatham over a branch constructed by the Chatham Railroad. Good passenger traffic continued right into the Depression with the only changes being more Hyannis and less Provincetown trains. Strong rail service resulted in the demand for a better rail bridge to the Cape.

Is there a more majestic train bridge than the one that spans the Cape Cod canal? It was built during the Depression by a powerful railway which served a popular and growing Cape Cod. Even so, the bridge was late in the history of Cape Cod rail travel.

By 1938, air-conditioned trains to Cape Cod were introduced but service beyond Yarmouth was shuttle-only. The branch from Harwich to Chatham was abandoned and through trains to Woods Hole were dropped in favor of connections from Buzzards Bay. Trains to Provincetown became an on again off again service. By 1951, Budd RDC's took over winter duties with such trains as the "Cranberry Special" (led by a bright red diesel) summer-only.

Specials to Cape Cod ran from New York also. The "Cape Codder" and the "Neptune" became even more popular when Fall River steamers to Manhattan ended in 1938. The "Neptune" went to Hyannis but dropped cars for Woods Hole at Buzzards Bay. The "Cape Codder" began in 1926 and was an overnighter.

The late 1950's saw a sharp decline in passenger travel as automobiles became more popular (the Bourne and Sagamore bridges to Cape Cod were no where as overloaded as they are today). Specials from New York were dropped in 1959 but revived out of Grand Central until 1964. Boston service was dropped when the Neponset River Bridge burned in 1960.

Tracks from Eastham to Provincetown were removed in 1960 and then cut back to South Dennis in 1966. Much of this line is a bike path. The Hyannis roundhouse is a nightclub. Track from Falmouth to Woods Hole were abandoned and the rail yard turned into a ferry parking lot. Both freight and passenger service continue to the Cape. Even Amtrak runs weekend specials.

Updates on Cape Cod Rails for 2007

Bring back seasonal passenger rail service to Cape Cod!

Seasonal rail service to Cape Cod is an essential component of any serious plan to improve off-Cape transit.

The Cape's Transportation Problem

What about public transportation?

Will seasonal passenger rail service to the Cape work?

Would it be expensive to restore rail service?

What do we propose?

Can I help?

The Cape's Transportation Problem

Anyone who has visited the Cape during the warmer months, particularly on weekends, knows the traffic is horrendous. Unfortunately, we can't pave our way out of the gridlock. Building an expensive new bridge over the canal would just move the traffic bottlenecks onto the Cape. Widening the Mid-Cape Highway and Route 28 would only serve to push the traffic jams further down the Cape. The Cape simply does not have the room to handle an ever-increasing number of automobiles.

On 10/4/2007, a Massachusetts short line won a state contract to operate freight-rail lines.

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works recently awarded a 10-year contract to Massachusetts Coastal Railroad L.L.C. to operate state-owned freight-rail lines totaling 60 miles.

The contract includes options to extend the operating pact beyond 2018. On Jan. 1, the railroad will begin operating the lines, which include a segment between Middleboro and Hyannis; branches to Yarmouth and Falmouth; and routes into Taunton, North Dartmouth and Westport.

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cape Rail Inc. A railroad management and holding company, Cape Rail also owns Cape Cod Central Railroad, which provides passenger, excursion and dinner train services.

Head End Railway Express and Railway Post Office On passenger trains, railroads operated lots of equipment other than sleepers, coaches, dining cars, etc. This equipment was generally called 'head-end' equipment, these 'freight' cars were at one time plentiful and highly profitable for the railroads. In the heyday of passenger service, these industries were a big part of the railroad's operations, and got serious attention. We have text and pictures not found elsewhere on the Web.

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Cape Cod Rails

Remains of the New Haven's activities on Cape Cod past South Dennis are not too evident any more. One piece of evidence I have seen of the railroad is at the Truro General Store, where a cement post with 'W' inscribed in it still stands. The track through Wellfleet and Truro was abandoned in 1960, when the New Haven cut back to North Eastham. The right of way used to be visible in many places, including just north and south of Wellfleet center. In the late 1960's in Truro-Wellfleet it was a long rural walk and railroad artifacts still existed (ties, crossing signs, etc). In Provincetown the ROW was still very evident and a favorite area for wandering people to take a stroll with a sleeping bag and sleep overnight. From Provincetown southbound the ROW went through 'shifting sand dune" territory so it disappeared quickly. You can still trace the ROW through Wellfleet. From the crossing at Rte 6, near Bay Sales, it goes northwest towards town and you can see the remnants of the old bridge near the long gone oyster houses. From there it goes through the parking lot of the Lobster Pot restaurant, crosses Commercial St. and curves right round the back of the Bradford Apartments building. The cut there is pretty well filled in but traces of the ROW are still visible from the back road to the landfill. It crosses the highway a number of times all the way to Truro and at Pamet Harbor the remnants of the old bridge as well as the ROW are still visible. The track between South Dennis and North Eastham (called Hastings by the NH) lasted until 1965. Sand was the main business, and a train ran a couple times a week. Orleans had a freight station staffed by an agent right up to the end. The abandoned ROW from present end of track at South Dennis (Rt. 134 crossing) as far as South Wellfleet (Lecount Hollow Rd. crossing)--- about 25 miles! --- is a paved bikeway. Beyond there it is overgrown. It is, and has been for a while, the dream of a number of Cape Cod individuals and organizations to finish the bikeway the remaining distance to Provincetown. This is easy to do in some places, but not in others, as there are some encroachments on the ROW.

To put some of these places in perspective: Yarmouth mileage 0.00; South Dennis 5.61; Hastings 24.11; Provincetown 44.23.

For more information on Cape Cod, visit Cape Cod Rails.

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The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

See some historic photographs of the New Haven Railroad, Steam along the shore line, electrics through Connecticut, passenger runs into Grand Central, and much more.

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Bike Trails Along Railroads

Throughout the United States and Canada, there are numerous bicycle trails that either run alongside existing railroads or run on the abandoned right-of-way of a railroad.

In Québec, the longest one, the "P'tit Train du Nord" runs for 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Saint-Jérôme to Mount-Laurier on an abandoned Canadian Pacific route.

South of Saint-Jérôme, this route continues to Blainville alongside what will become a busy rail commuter line. Photo above shows its route past the new intermodal terminal at Saint-Jérôme.

In Central New York State, a great trail runs on the former Troy & Schenectady branch of the New York Central Railroad.

Further downstate, abandoned portions of the New York Central's Putnam Division and Harlem Division are now bike trails.

Part of the Wallkill Valley branch of the West Shore is a bike trail.

Cape Cod has a scenic trail on what was once the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

Along Lake Ontario shore, a portion of the old Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad is a trail now.

This is only a small sample. There are LOTS MORE!

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