Dover Transportation Center

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.[2]

Not to be confused with Dover Transit Center in Delaware.
Dover Transportation Center
Dover Transportation Center in June 2014
Location33 Chestnut Street
Dover, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°11′54″N 70°52′38″W
Owned byCity of Dover (station building)
Pan Am Railways (platform and tracks)
Line(s)Pan Am Railways mainline
ConnectionsCOAST: 1, 2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak code: DOV
History
Opened1842
December 15, 2001
ClosedJune 30, 1967
Rebuilt1875
Traffic
Passengers (2018)63,921[1]  8.23%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Durham–UNH
toward Boston North
 Downeaster Wells
toward Brunswick

History
The 1875-built station around 1909

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.[3] 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.[4]

A new station building was constructed for the introduction of Downeaster service in December 2001.[3] 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.[5]

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. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  3. "Dover, NH (DOV)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  4. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  5. Early, Brian (October 10, 2018). "Bagel shop to open at Dover Transportation Center". Fosters.
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