Montreal–Portland line

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The Montreal–Portland line was a major Grand Trunk Railway route that connected inland Canada with the ice-free Atlantic port of Portland, Maine, facilitating year-round transatlantic trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Trunk Railway line ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connectsRegion New England ⓘ
inland Canada ⓘ
connectsTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
connectsWith Port of Portland (Maine) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endPoint Portland, Maine ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasCharacteristic freight route ⓘ
international railway line ⓘ
passenger route ⓘ
historicalSignificance enhanced winter access to European markets for Canada ⓘ
major export route for Canadian grain and other commodities ⓘ
linkedTo transatlantic shipping routes from Portland, Maine ⓘ
locatedIn Maine ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
notableFeature access to ice-free Atlantic port in winter ⓘ
operator Grand Trunk Railway ⓘ
partOf Grand Trunk Railway network ⓘ
linked to: Grand Trunk Railway
purpose facilitate year-round transatlantic trade ⓘ
startPoint Montreal, Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Montreal
status defunct ⓘ
terminus Montreal ⓘ
Portland, Maine ⓘ
usedFor transport of freight ⓘ
transport of passengers ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Trunk Railway → keyRoute → Montreal–Portland line ⓘ
Vanceboro border crossing → railwayLine → Montreal–Saint John railway route ⓘ
linked to: Montreal–Portland line
New England–Quebec corridor → keyRailRoute → Montreal–Portland rail corridor ⓘ
linked to: Montreal–Portland line