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Posted 25 October 2017 - 12:31 PM

Bangor, ME Daily News, 10/24/17:

 

 


 

 

Rail group eyes Amtrak service to Rockland by summer 2018

 

 

A pilot program that would bring seasonal passenger rail service as far north as Rockland is being explored by the transportation authority tasked with handling the state’s contract with Amtrak’s Downeaster service.

 

 

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I would think that this is contingent on the Royal Junction Siding being completed and in service, and the resulting 5 round trips to Brunswick.  I do wonder if such an extension can be done with the existing equipment fleet without reducing the number of Boston-Brunswick round trips.



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Posted 27 November 2017 - 10:55 AM

US News & World Report, 11/25/17:

 


 

Public Hearings Planned on Amtrak Expansion to Rockland

 

The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is planning a series of public meetings on expanding Amtrak service north to Rockland, Maine.

 

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Posted 23 January 2018 - 06:19 PM

Coast Journal, Portland, ME, 1/23/18:

 


Amtrak could make stops along the Midcoast as early as this summer

 

A proposal by Amtrak to bring passenger train service back to Rockland could happen as early as this summer if the finances from both the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority and communities along the way comes through.

 

 

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Posted 24 January 2018 - 09:57 PM

 Wiscasset Newspaper, 1/24/18:

 


AMTRAK seeks support for summer trips to Midcoast

 

Will the passenger train soon return to Midcoast Maine? If the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is successful, the Amtrak Downeaster may come up from Boston, stop in Portland and other southern Maine locations and Brunswick, then continue up the coast, stopping in Bath, Wiscasset and Newcastle and finally reaching its journey’s end in Rockland.

 

 

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Posted 25 January 2018 - 12:37 PM

Portland, ME Press-Herald, 1/24/18:

 


 

Amtrak service to Rockland may get first test with summer weekend schedule

 

 

Proposed weekend summer passenger rail service to Rockland is an initial effort to “test the waters” for the demand for train ridership, the head of the regional rail authority told about 70 people at a meeting Wednesday night.

 

 

 

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Posted 16 February 2018 - 08:54 PM

Coastal Journal, Bath, ME, 2/16/18:

 


Bath latest community to support expanded Amtrak service

 

Bath City Council gave a nod showing their interest in having a potential expansion of Amtrak’s Downeaster service stop at the train-station-turned-visitors-center at 15 Commercial St.

 

 

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Posted 18 February 2018 - 01:11 PM

PenBay Pilot, Camden, ME, 2/17/18:

 


 

Citizens, business owners urged to weigh in on Amtrak Downeaster to Rockland decision

 

 

 

The Board of Directors of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is seeking public comment regarding the proposed seasonal weekend expansion of Amtrak Downeaster service to Rockland this coming summer. Business owners with the Penobscot Bay Chamber of Commerce have been urged to lend their thoughts about the train extension, and on Feb. 14, the Rockland Main Street, Inc., board of directors sent a letter to the Authority, endorsing the pilot project.

 

 

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Posted 28 February 2018 - 02:13 AM

Maine Public (via Bangor Daily News), 2/27/18:

 


 

Maine Passenger Rail Extension Will Be Limited To Three Summer Weekends

 

 

A pilot program that will extend seasonal passenger rail service on Amtrak’s Downeaster north from Brunswick to Rockland won approval Monday for three weekends this summer.

 

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Posted 28 March 2018 - 04:37 PM

Sun-Journal, Lewiston, ME, 3/28/18:

 


Amtrak drops plan to extend Downeaster to Rockland this summer

 

 

There will be no passenger train service between Brunswick and Rockland this summer.

 

Amtrak was unable to conduct a risk assessment of the 58 miles of track along the route, which is necessary before service can resume, Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said Tuesday.

 

 

 

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Posted 13 April 2021 - 05:21 PM

Bangor, ME Daily News, 4/12/21:

 


 

     Amtrak seeks to extend rail service on the coast, not inland  


 

Amtrak is asking Congress for funds as a part of the president’s infrastructure bill to extend passenger rail service up the coast to Rockland, but cities in central Maine, including the state capital, would be left out.

 

 

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