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Amtrak releases tentative schedule for summer Downeaster service in Midcoast
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David
26 January 2018 (Edited )

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Posted 27 January 2018:

Proposed "Downeaster Coastal Connection" service using existing rail infrastructure would have stops at Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle and Rockland.

Tentative schedule:

Friday: Leave Boston 5 PM, arrive Rockland 10:10 PM.
Saturday and Sunday
- Leave Brunswick 7:50 AM, arrive Rockland 9:45 AM, arrive Boston 3:30 PM
- Leave Boston 9:45 AM, arrive Rockland 3:10 PM, arrive Boston 9:30 PM

Some Midcoast residents think the schedule benefits tourists more thsan it does them.

(That's probably intentional, to give the service a chance of not losing money.)

Test runs are scheduled for March.

I've seen no published fares.

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