Dover Transportation Center#History

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Dover Transportation Center
{{Small|Dover, NH}}

| image = Dover station building, June 2014.jpg

| image_caption = Dover Transportation Center in June 2014

| address = 33 Chestnut Street

| borough = Dover, New Hampshire

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|43|11|54|N|70|52|38|W|region:US-NH_type:railwaystation |display=inline,title}}

| owned = {{Indented plainlist|

Cocheco Mills (station)
New Hampshire Department of Transportation (platform)
CSX Transportation (track)

}}

| line = PAR Main Line

| connections = {{bus icon}} COAST: 1, 12, 13, 33, 34

{{bus icon}} Wildcat Transit: Route 3

| platform =

| parking = Yes

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|DOV}}

| opened = 1842
December 15, 2001

| closed = June 30, 1967

| rebuilt = 1875

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Downeaster|left=Durham|right=Wells}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations

|system2=Boston and Maine Railroad|line2=Western Route|left2=Durham|right2=South Berwick

|line3=Boston-Dover|left3=Durham

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}

}}

Dover Transportation Center is an Amtrak train station in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. The station is served by five daily Downeaster round trips. An average of 150 passengers board or alight at Dover daily, making it the second-busiest stop in New Hampshire.{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of New Hampshire|publisher= Amtrak |date= November 2017 |url= https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/NEWHAMPSHIRE17.pdf |accessdate= December 17, 2017}}

History

File:Dover (NH) station postcard.jpg

The Boston & Maine Railroad (B&M) opened its first Dover station, a wood-frame structure with a small train shed, in 1842. It was replaced by a one-story brick structure on July 15, 1874.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58743280/the-boston-globe/ |title=New Depot Opened |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=July 15, 1874 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} The B&M ran intercity service to Portland, Maine on its Western Route (now the Pan Am Railways mainline) until January 4, 1965. After Portland service ended, a single commute-hour round trip to Dover ran until June 30, 1967, when it was cut back to Haverhill, Massachusetts.{{NETransit}}

A new station building was constructed for the introduction of Downeaster service in December 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/dover-nh-dov/ |title=Dover, NH (DOV) |publisher=Amtrak |work=Great American Stations}} C&J Trailways originally used the building, but later constructed their bus station closer to New Hampshire Route 16. In October 2018, the city approved a five-year lease of the building to a bagel shop.{{cite news |url=http://www.fosters.com/news/20181010/bagel-shop-to-open-at-dover-transportation-center |title=Bagel shop to open at Dover Transportation Center |newspaper=Fosters |date=October 10, 2018 |first=Brian |last=Early}}

Bus connections

Bus service is provided by COAST to locations within Dover and the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire as well as UNH Wildcat Transit to Durham and the University of New Hampshire.

References

External links

[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/dover.htm Dover Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]

Category:Buildings and structures in Dover, New Hampshire

Category:Amtrak stations in New Hampshire

Category:Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations

Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Strafford County, New Hampshire

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1842

Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1967