South Station
Summer St. and Atlantic Ave.
Opened 1899, consolidating 4 earlier stations
Number of station tracks: 28 stub/2 loop
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Tower 1: controlled the immediate station area
Tower 3: controlled the west leg of the station wye
North Station
126 Causeway St.
Opened 1898, consolidating 4 earlier stations
Number of station tracks: 23 stub
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Tower A: controlled the immediate station area
Tower C: controlled junction of Eastern Route and Western Route extending north
(North Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 51 Troy 2:20 2:00 101 Portland 2:30 2:30 1 Berlin NH 2:45 301 2:30 303 Concord 6:00 6:00 2907 Dover 6:40 7:15 305 Concord 7:35 321 6:30 pm 207 Portsmouth 7:45 7:40 55 Troy 8:20 8:45 107 Businessman Portland 8:30 103 8:45 5 Alouette Montreal 9:00 8:45 209 Portsmouth 9:00 9:45 5503 Bellows Falls 9:05 8:05 11 Kennebec Limited Bangor 9:40 9:25 57 Troy 11:25 10:30 15 Flying Yankee Bangor 12:00 12:00 2909 Mountaineer Littleton 12:25 307 Ambassador Montreal 12:30 1:00 217 Portsmouth 12:30 12:15 119 Dover 12:30 11:55 pm 123 Portland 1:15 1:15 5507 Bellows Falls 2:55 5:05 235 Portsmouth 3:30 3:40 59 Minute Man Troy 3:50 5:00 513 Greenfield 4:10 141 Dover 4:00 2917 4:15 313 Cannon Ball White River J 4:40 4:10 19 Pine Tree Limited Bangor 4:50 4:45 241 Portsmouth 4:55 4:55 147 Portland 4:55 17 7:20 5509 Bellows Falls 5:10 151 Dover 5:14 5:14 315 Nashua 5:14 5:16 243 Portsmouth 5:17 61 Wachusett Greenfield 6:00 6:05 251 Portsmouth 6:01 5:55 21 Penobscot Bangor 7:00 9:30 5511 Bellows Falls 7:30 7:30 255 Portsmouth 7:35 325 New Englander Montreal 8:45 11:15 23 Gull St. John NB 9:30 7:45 63 Hoosac Troy 11:05 11:55 265 Flying Yankee Portland 11:35 183 11:55 3347 Concord 11:35 3343 8:50 269 Portsmouth 11:50Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 22 Penobscot Bangor 6:35 5:45 206 Portsmouth 6:13 208 Portsmouth 7:33 8 Gull St. John NB 7:55 10:00 116 Dover 7:59 7:56 302 New Englander Montreal 8:03 6:45 214 Portsmouth 8:13 8:14 306 Nashua 8:33 8:35 124 Dover 8:40 8:40 5502 Bellows Falls 8:45 218 Portsmouth 9:00 8:48 508 Wachusett Greenfield 9:15 9:15 308 Concord 9:20 9:30 224 Portsmouth 9:52 10:55 132 Portland 10:10 130 9:55 5504 Bellows Falls 10:15 5506 10:05 134 Flying Yankee Portland 10:24 10:30 514 Greenfield 10:45 2914 Intervale 10:53 10:50 310 Cannon Ball White River J 11:05 11:25 52 Troy 11:15 50 10:50 226 Portsmouth 11:47 1:45 316 Concord 1:30 1:00 54 Troy 1:50 1:45 10 Pine Tree Limited Bangor 2:25 14 1:25 236 Portsmouth 2:53 3:30 320 White River J 4:20 4:20 58 Minute Man Troy 5:00 5:30 5508 Bellows Falls 5:25 332 Ambassador Montreal 6:30 6:55 168 Businessman Portland 6:31 5:35 246 Portsmouth 6:54 7:55 5510 Bellows Falls 7:10 7:40 12 Kennebec Limited Bangor 7:20 7:15 20 Alouette Montreal 7:40 334 7:35 174 Dover 7:58 2918 7:04 250 Portland 8:50 176 8:50 244 Portsmouth 9:05 60 Troy 8:53 9:38 24 Berlin NH 10:30 324 10:30 16 Flying Yankee Bangor 10:40 10:10 62 Hoosac Troy 10:50 11:59 2924 Mountaineer Littleton 10:50Intercity passenger service discontinued in 1967.
Not listed are commuter trains, which continue to operate.
(South Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 555 New York Express New York 12:00 3 Albany 4:05 691 5:45 575 New York Berkshire Albany 8:05 551 Springfield 10:05 601 8:50 41 Knickerbocker Albany 12:00 49 10:30 553 New York Express New York 12:20 23 Springfield 2:15 603 12:50 27 New England States Chicago 2:30 1:30 427 4:00 pm 33 New Eng. Wolverine Det.-Chicago 3:40 2:15 559 Boston-New York Exp. New York 4:20 611 5:30 93 Springfield 5:00 4:03 11 Southwestern Limited Albany 5:35 3:25 29 Niagara Albany 7:00 35 6:40 159 Buffalo Express Buffalo 8:10 43 South Shore Express Albany 11:00 10:30Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 42 Boston Express Buffalo 6:30 52 6:20 556 New York-Boston Exp. New York 7:15 20 Springfield 8:56 46 Boston Special Buffalo 9:10 9:00 48 Springfield 10:00 600 8:30 44 Albany 10:25 28 New England States Chicago 10:30 9:45 428 12:15 pm 98 New Eng. Wolverine Buffalo 11:10 8 11:55 6 Albany 2:25 1:50 10 Water Level Limited Albany 2:30 550 New York-Boston Exp. New York 2:50 604 2:00 22 Lake Shore Limited Albany 4:40 3:30 554 New York-Boston Exp. New York 5:45 5:35 30 Springfield 7:50 40 North Shore Limited Albany 9:00 690 8:50 558 New York-Boston Exp. New York 9:40 608 11:00 514 Albany 11:35Passenger service initially discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak.
Not listed are commuter trains, which continue to operate.
(South Station)
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 3 Owl New York/GCT 12:00 12:30 5 Narragansett New York/GCT 12:45 7:00 3001 Turbo Service New York/Penn 7:25 7 Murray Hill New York/GCT 8:00 9 8:00 131 Waterbury 8:50 175 Colonial Washington 9:00 8:30 171 7:45 11 Park Avenue New York/GCT 10:00 10:00 13 42nd Street Express New York/GCT 11:00 12:00 177 Senator Washington 12:00 11:00 173 9:45 23 Yankee Clipper New York/GCT 1:00 1:00 15 New Yorker New York/GCT 2:00 2:00 171 Patriot Washington 3:00 3:00 175 12:45 183 Pilgrim Philadelphia 4:00 3:30 27 Merchants Limited New York/GCT 5:00 5:00 29 Gilt Edge New York/GCT 5:05 4:00 189 William Penn Philadelphia 6:00 6:00 185 5:00 137 Hartford 6:10 33 Pershing Square New York/GCT 7:00 45 7:00 179 Hell Gate Express New York/Penn 9:00 8:45 187 6:00 173 Federal Washington 11:00 11:00 177 9:45 pm 187 Quaker Philadelphia 11:55 11:50 181 7:10 amArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 46 Commander New York/GCT 12:35 2 Owl New York/GCT 6:15 6:20 4 Narragansett New York/GCT 6:50 6:50 178 Hell Gate Express New York/Penn 7:30 180 12:15 pm 186 New Englander Pittsburgh 7:45 7:45 182 2:05 pm 172 Federal Washington 8:10 8:10 176 8:25 am 130 Hartford 11:15 6 Bunker Hill New York/GCT 12:50 11:45 8 Mayflower New York/GCT 2:00 1:05 10 Bay State New York/GCT 2:45 12 2:40 188 Pilgrim Philadelphia 3:55 3:50 186 9:30 pm 14 Bostonian New York/GCT 4:45 4:30 22 Yankee Clipper New York/GCT 5:35 5:15 174 Colonial Washington 6:55 6:45 170 4:10 184 Yankee Clipper Washington 5:35 20 Puritan New York/GCT 7:45 7:35 24 Shoreliner New York/GCT 8:55 26 Merchants Limited New York/GCT 9:20 9:15 136 Waterbury 9:23 176 Senator Washington 10:00 8:30 172 7:05 3002 Turbo Service New York/Penn 8:05 28 Gilt Edge New York/GCT 11:05 10:45 170 Patriot Washington 11:45 11:50 174 10:55Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Not listed are commuter trains, which continue to operate.
The TD Garden, which contains North Station.
South Station.
South Station
Link to official Web site of South Station.
South Station (Wikipedia)
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Links to Web sites containing further historical information on Boston's stations.
Zoomable Google Maps show present and past railroads and major stations in the area. As well as at junctions, interlockings have existed on 3 and 4 track commuter lines, where trains could switch between local and express tracks.