Dover Transportation Center

Dover Transportation Center
Dover Transportation Center in June 2014
Location 33 Chestnut Street
Dover, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°11′54″N 70°52′38″W / 43.19833°N 70.87722°W / 43.19833; -70.87722Coordinates: 43°11′54″N 70°52′38″W / 43.19833°N 70.87722°W / 43.19833; -70.87722
Owned by City of Dover (station building)
Pan Am Railways (platform and tracks)
Line(s) Pan Am Railways mainline
Connections COAST: 1, 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code: DOV
History
Opened 1842
December 15, 2001
Closed June 30, 1967
Rebuilt 1875
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 59,060[1] Increase 12.6%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Boston North
Downeaster
toward Brunswick

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.[1]

History

The station platform in 2014

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 in 1875.[2] 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.[3]

A new station building was constructed for the introduction of Downeaster service in December 2001.[2] 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.[4]

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 NH.

References

  1. 1 2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Dover, NH (DOV)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  3. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  4. ↑ Early, Brian (October 10, 2018). "Bagel shop to open at Dover Transportation Center". Fosters.
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