Dover Transportation Center

Train station in Dover, New Hampshire

Not to be confused with Dover Transit Center in Delaware.

Dover Transportation Center
Dover, NH

Dover Transportation Center in June 2014

General information
Location| 33 Chestnut Street
Dover, New Hampshire
United States
Coordinates| 43°11′54″N 70°52′38″W﻿ / ﻿43.19833°N 70.87722°W﻿ / 43.19833; -70.87722
Owned by|

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

Line(s)| PAR Main Line
Connections|  COAST: 1, 12, 13, 33, 34
Wildcat Transit: Route 3
Construction
Parking| Yes
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: DOV
History
Opened| 1842
December 15, 2001
Closed| June 30, 1967
Rebuilt| 1875
Passengers
FY 2023| 50,144[1] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Durham–UNH

toward Boston North

|  | Downeaster |  | Wells

toward Brunswick

Location

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]

## History

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The 1874-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.[3] It was replaced by a one-story brick structure on July 15, 1874.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

## Bus connections

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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

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1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
3. ^ a b "Dover, NH (DOV)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
4. ^ "New Depot Opened". Boston Globe. July 15, 1874. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
6. ^ Early, Brian (October 10, 2018). "Bagel shop to open at Dover Transportation Center". Fosters.

## External links

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Media related to Dover Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

* Dover, NH – Amtrak
* Dover, NH – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* Dover Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

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