Dover Transportation Center

Dover Transportation Center
Dover, NH
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
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 (Amtrak)
Services
Location
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

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

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.