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|image = AndersonRTC.agr.jpg |image_width = 350px |caption = An outbound Lowell Line train at Anderson RTC |type = Commuter rail |system = MBTA Commuter Rail |status = Operational |locale = Northeastern Massachusetts |start = Lowell |end = North Station |stations = 9 |routes = |ridership = 11,965 (weekday average, 2014) |open = 1835 (Boston & Lowell Railroad) |close = |owner =Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |operator =Keolis North America |character = Elevated and surface-level |stock = |linelength = 25.4 Miles |tracklength = |notrack = |gauge = |el = |speed = |elevation = |map = }} The Lowell Line is a railroad line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from Boston to Lowell, Massachusetts. Originally built as the Boston & Lowell Railroad and later operated as part of the Boston & Maine Railroad's Southern Division, the line was one of the first railroads in North America and the first major one in Massachusetts. All stations are wheelchair accessible except for West Medford, Winchester Center, and Mishawum. == History == (詳細はWells River, Vermont, in 1853. The Boston & Maine Railroad (B&M) acquired the railroad in 1895.〔See also Boston and Maine Corporation#Acquisitions〕 The line served as the route for Boston to Montreal service during the Golden Age of Rail (roughly 1880 to 1930). The ''Ambassador'', the train from Boston's North Station to Montreal, ran through Concord, New Hampshire, along this line until 1966.〔Mike Schafer, ''Classic American Trains,'' p. 31.〕 This line, along with the ''New Englander'', via Concord, White River Junction, Montpelier, ran through the northwestern section of Vermont prior to entering Quebec, Canada. The ''Alouette'' and ''Red Wing'' trains travelled to Montreal via Concord, Wells River and Newport in northeastern Vermont prior to entering Quebec. (The route via Wells River, St. Johnsbury and Newport was the more direct route of the two itineraries.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Map of the Montreal and Boston Air Line, Passumpsic, and South Eastern Railroads, and connections )〕 For this itinerary the Montreal route was marketed as an Air-line railroad. B&M passenger service to Boston on the line was shortened from Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell in 1967.〔MBTA-MBCR contract of February 19, 2003. Exhibit 18, p. 5.〕 In 1973 the MBTA bought the Lowell line, along with the Haverhill and all other local Greater Boston passenger lines. Along with the sale, the B&M contracted to run the passenger service on the Lowell line for the MBTA. After bankruptcy, The B&M continued to run and fulfill its Commuter Rail contract under the protection of the United States Bankruptcy Court, in the hopes that a reorganization could make it profitable again. It emerged from the court's protection when newly formed Guilford Transportation Industries (GTI) purchased it in 1983. For approximately thirteen months in 1980-81, daily passenger service was provided to Concord. Two round-trips were operated on each weekday and one on weekend days. Originally, there were intermediate stops in Manchester and Nashua. A stop in Merrimack was added later. Service was discontinued when federal funding was withdrawn. In 2001, the Amtrak ''Downeaster'' began operating over the line south of Wilmington.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lowell Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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