Dover Transportation Center is an

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train station in

Dover, New Hampshire Dover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 32,741 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populous city in the New Hampshire Seacoast Region (New Hampshire), Seacoast region and ...

, 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

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History

The

Boston & Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. It was chartered in 1835, and became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B&M ...

(B&M) opened its first Dover station, a wood-frame structure with a small

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, in 1842. It was replaced by a one-story brick structure on July 15, 1874. The B&M ran intercity service to

Portland, Maine Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolit ...

on its Western Route (now the

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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 Haverhill ( ) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Haverhill is located north of Boston on the New Hampshire border and about from the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 67,787 at the 2020 United States census. Located o ...

. A new station building was constructed for the introduction of ''Downeaster'' service in December 2001. C&J Trailways originally used the building, but later constructed their bus station closer to

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. In October 2018, the city approved a five-year lease of the building to a bagel shop.

Bus connections

Bus service is provided by

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to locations within Dover and the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire as well as UNH Wildcat Transit to

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and the

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References

External links

Dover Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
Buildings and structures in Dover, New Hampshire Amtrak stations in New Hampshire Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations Transportation buildings and structures in Strafford County, New Hampshire Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1842 Railway stations in the United States closed in 1967 {{NewHampshire-railstation-stub