B and M Train Station - 298 W High Lane

Passenger trains from Newburyport and points north arrive at 9:00 A.M., noon, and 5 P.M. for Boston, departing ten minutes after the hour. Trains from Boston and points south arrive at 7:30 and 11:30 A.M., and 5:40 P.M. for the north, departing ten minutes later. Fare for Boston is $2.20, and for Newburyport $1.40. Freight trains are frequent.

Western Union Office

For a fraction of the cost of a long distance telephone call,Western Union can get a telegram to almost anywhere in a matter of hours. Incoming telegrams are delivered by young bicycle messengers, the best of whom is 14-year-old Bobby Ashbourne, who knows every shortcut and every dead-end.