Downeaster passenger rail extension to Rockland, Maine canceled for 2018

By Lauren Abbate, BDN Staff, Bangor Daily News; March 27, 2018

The rail authority responsible for managing Maine’s contract with Amtrak has canceled plans to extend passenger rail service from Brunswick to Rockland for three weekends this summer.

The proposed pilot project fizzled because Amtrak could not conduct a risk assessment of the tracks between Brunswick and Rockland that would be used for the extension, according to Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority executive director Patricia Quinn.

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