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CapeFLYER

CapeFlyer
CapeFLYER logo.svg
CapeFLYER first run at Buzzards Bay.JPG
A CapeFlyer train at Buzzards Bay
Overview
Service type Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Southeast Massachusetts
Predecessor
  • The Cranberry
  • The Sand Dune
  • The Buttermilk Bay
First service May 24, 2013
Current operator(s) CCRTA using MBTA trains
Former operator(s) New Haven Railroad
until 1961
Ridership
  • 16,586 (2013)
  • 12,625 (2014)
  • 13,278 (2015)
  • 13,663 (2016)
Route
Start South Station
End Hyannis Transportation Center
Distance travelled 78 miles (126 kilometres)
Average journey time 2 hours 19 minutes
Service frequency

Friday, Saturday and Sundays,

Memorial Day - Labor Day
On-board services
Disabled access Yes
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Track owner(s) MBTA, MassDOT
Route map
0 mi
0 km
South Station Amtrak MBTA.svg
11 mi
18 km
Braintree MBTA.svg
20 mi
32 km
Brockton MBTA.svg
36 mi
58 km
Middleborough/
Lakeville
MBTA.svg
50 mi
80 km
Wareham Village
54 mi
87 km
Buzzards Bay
54 mi
87 km
Cape Cod Canal
Railroad Bridge
78 mi
126 km
Hyannis
Route map
0 mi
0 km
South Station Amtrak MBTA.svg
11 mi
18 km
Braintree MBTA.svg
20 mi
32 km
Brockton MBTA.svg
36 mi
58 km
Middleborough/
Lakeville
MBTA.svg
50 mi
80 km
Wareham Village
54 mi
87 km
Buzzards Bay
54 mi
87 km
Cape Cod Canal
Railroad Bridge
78 mi
126 km
Hyannis

Friday, Saturday and Sundays,

The CapeFlyer (stylized CapeFLYER) is a passenger rail service in Massachusetts between Boston and Cape Cod that began in 2013. It is operated by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The service runs on the weekends, beginning Friday evenings and including holidays, between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend.

During 2013, its first season, the CapeFLYER carried a total of 16,586 passengers, with service extended from Labor Day to Columbus Day weekend due to its early success. In October 2013, MassDOT announced the service would return in 2014 and in subsequent years, and would add a stop in Wareham, Massachusetts beginning in 2014. Year-round weekend service over the route and full MBTA Commuter Rail service as far as Buzzards Bay are under consideration.

It is the first scheduled passenger train to Cape Cod since Amtrak's Cape Codder ceased operation in 1996, and the first direct service between South Station in Boston and Cape Cod since 1961. The Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad operated scheduled service between Braintree station, south of Boston (the southern terminus of the MBTA's Red Line), and the Cape from 1984 until 1988, but did not extend that service to Boston proper.


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