Fitchburg Line (English Wikipedia)

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"Fitchburg Rail Line Improvement Project Alternatives Analysis" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
"Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Program Project Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
"Take the T to Ski!" (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization. December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2011.
Peterson, Scott (26 December 2004). "Appendix D: CTPS Documentation" (PDF). Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Service Expansion Study. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
Central Transportation Planning Staff (January 2004) [May 2003]. "Chapter 5C: Service Expansion" (PDF). 2004 Program for Mass Transportation. Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
McMahon Associates (February 2005). "Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Service Expansion Study" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
"Appendix E: Cost Estimates" (PDF). Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Service Expansion Study. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 26 December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
"MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Branch Improvements". Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Implementation Plan. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. September 2005. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
"Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Project: Project Update June, 2016" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 16, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
"Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line - Project Status" (PDF). December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2014.
Stewart, Matt (20 July 2012). "New Look for North Leominster Station". Leominster Champion. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
"MART: North Leominster commuter rail parking garage to open Tuesday". Sentinel and Enterprise. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
"Fitchburg Line Schedule" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2014.
Petalas, Kimberly (24 October 2014). "MART announces plan for commuter rail access for Gardner residents". Leominster Champion. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
"Suspension of Weekend Train Service – Fact Sheet" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
"2020/2021 Reduced Service Schedule: Fitchburg Line" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 14, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2021.
"2020/2021 REDUCED SERVICE SCHEDULE: FITCHBURG LINE" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 14, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2021.
"Reminder: Spring 2021 Commuter Rail Schedules Take Effect April 5" (Press release). Keolis Commuter Services. April 1, 2021. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
Held, Patrick R. (2010). "Massachusetts Bay Colony Railroad Track Charts" (PDF). Johns Hopkins Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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