Snapshot in Time: Historical Service

Historical snapshots based on data from available timetables.

Route Details (as of 1881)

Service Type
Rail Service
Agency
Cheshire Rail-road Company
Route
Cheshire Railroad
Description
Bellows Falls, Vermont to Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Source
Cheshire Railroad, Time Table of Cheshire Railroad Passenger Trains commencing Monday, May 30, 1881, May 30, 1881.
Stations
Bellows Falls
Rockingham, Vermont
Cold River
Walpole, New Hampshire
East Westmoreland
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Fitchburg
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Keene
Keene, New Hampshire
Marlborough
Marlborough, New Hampshire
North Ashburnham
Ashburnham, Massachusetts
South Ashburnham
Ashburnham, Massachusetts
South Keene
Keene, New Hampshire
State Line
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Troy
Troy, New Hampshire
Walpole
Walpole, New Hampshire
West Fitchburg
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Westminster
Westminster, Massachusetts
Westmoreland
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Winchendon
Winchendon, Massachusetts
Timetable
to Fitchburg
1881 route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
StationMile1
Daily
3
Daily
5
Daily
Bellows Falls05:0009:2515:30
Cold River05:0309:29
Walpole05:0909:3715:38
Westmoreland05:2209:5015:51
East Westmoreland05:3009:5815:58
Keene05:5510:2516:22
South Keene05:5810:30
Marlborough06:0710:4716:34
Troy06:1510:5516:42
Fitzwilliam06:2511:0616:52
State Line11:16
Winchendon06:4211:2317:09
North Ashburnham06:5211:3317:17
South Ashburnham07:0111:4217:25
Westminster07:1111:5217:35
West Fitchburg07:1611:5917:41
Fitchburg07:21
Arrival
12:05
Arrival
17:46
Arrival

f - Passengers must tell the conductor that they wish to leave. Passengers waiting to board must activate the signal or be visible on the platform for the train to stop.

to Bellows Falls
1881 route timetable with stations as rows and trips as columns
StationMile2
Daily
4
Daily
6
Daily
Fitchburg09:3516:4319:48
West Fitchburg16:4919:54
Westminster16:5720:04
South Ashburnham09:5617:0720:13
North Ashburnham10:0417:1720:21
Winchendon10:1317:2620:30
State Line17:33
Fitzwilliam10:2917:4420:47
Troy10:3917:5420:57
Marlborough10:4718:0221:05
South Keene18:11
Keene11:0318:2021:25
East Westmoreland11:2118:4021:45
Westmoreland11:2918:4821:53
Walpole11:4119:0022:06
Cold River19:06
Bellows Falls11:50
Arrival
19:10
Arrival
22:16
Arrival

f - Passengers must tell the conductor that they wish to leave. Passengers waiting to board must activate the signal or be visible on the platform for the train to stop.