This  road  passes  from  Springfield  to  Greenfield,  and  is  destined  to  extcn<l
up  the  Connecticut  to  meet  the  railroads  from  Boston,  on  their  routes  to  the
great  northern  and  western  waters.  This  road  was  opened  from  Springfield
to  Northampton,  a  distance  of  17  miles,  on  the  13th  of  December,  1845,  and
from  thence  to  Greenfield,  20  miles,  in  1846.  From  Greenfield  to  Brattle-
boro',  Vt.,  is  21  miles  ;  Bellows  Falls,  45  ;  Windsor,  Vt.,  70  ;  Lebanon,  N.  H.,
90 ;  Haverhill,  125  ;  Lancaster,  175;  and  to  the  Canada  line^  about  225  miles.
HARTFORD   AND    SPRINGFIELD  RAILROAD.
This  road  extends  from  Springfield  to  Longmeadow  ;  crosses  the  Connec-
ticut at  Enfield,  Ct.,  and  passes  through  Windsor  to  Hartford,  Ct.,  a  distance
of  25  miles.  From  Hartford  to  New  Haven,  by  railroad,  is  34  miles,  and
from  thence  to  New  York,  per  steamer,  is  80  miles ;  making  the  distance
from  Boston  to  New  York,  by  this  route,  237  miles.  A  railroad  will  soon  be
in  operation  between  New  Haven  and  New  York,  a  distance  of  about  eighty
miles.
From  Hartford  to  Middletown  is  15  miles,  and  to  Saybrook,  at  the  mouth
of  Connecticut  river,  45  miles.
OLD   COLONY   RAILROAD.       »

This  road  was  opened  for  travel  on  the  10th  of  November,  1845.    The  dis-
tances on  this  road  from  Boston,  are  as  follows : —
Miles.
Savin  Hill,    .     .         2^

Harrison  Square^  ,     3

Neponset  Village  .     4^

Quincy,     .     .  .8

North  Braintree,  .  10


Miles.
Milest

.  Hi

Halifax,    ..
.    .  28

.   14^

Plympton,.
.     .  29i

.  m

Kingston, ..
.       32|

.  20

Plymcsjth,

.       37

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South  Braintree,

South  Weymouth,

Abington,       ..
South  Abington,

Hanson,    .     ..
