TIMES RECORD • August 9, 2023
The latest attempt at a Midcoast passenger train line is steaming ahead. The Coastliner is billed as an excursion experience, connecting a 57-mile stretch from Brunswick to Rockland known as the Rockland Branch in about two hours. Stops in Bath, Wiscasset and Newcastle are planned. The Brunswick-Rockland service will launch in about a month and run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The train car has restrooms, air conditioning and bigger windows than Amtrak. A second 76-seat train car is expected soon after the service launches.