Downeaster adds 5th round-trip

Continuing with the October 30 Amtrak schedule change news, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority just announced that they will add a fifth weekday round-trip to their Downeaster service (operated by Amtrak). The Downeaster currently operates four daily round-trips between Portland, ME and Boston. This new fifth service will operate Monday-Friday effective with the schedule change on October 30. At first, this new round-trip will be facilitated by operating the last trips of the day in each direction using a combination of buses (one for Boston to points in Maine and a second bus for Boston to points in New Hampshire). After completion of trackwork designed to add rail capacity to the route, the fifth trip should be switched to train instead of bus sometime next year.

Also, the schedules of the other four trips will be adjusted.

Link: The Downeaster - News

Posted in: Uncategorized | September 29, 2006 10:24 am