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From: cb@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Christopher Byrnes)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Train Service to Cape Cod
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 17:51:18 EST
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  During the recent reconstruction of the SouthEast Distressway the Cape
Cod and Hyannis tried running a commuter train from Buzzards Bay to
Braintree, where the Red Line ends.  The weekday communter loadings were
disappointing, so the weekday train was dropped after one summer.  Since
there was no operating subsidy (the State did pay for some track
upgrading), the CC&H wasn't going to run trains that didn't make any money.
I'm told that subsidized trains might be tried in a year or two.  The Bay
Colony Railroad operates the freight trains on some of the old Conrail (nee
Penn Central, nee New Haven, nee Old Colony) lines around Cape Cod.
Occasionaly the CC&H will borrow a BCRR diesel for their longer trains.

  Despite the disappointing try at commuter rail, I've heard that the CC&H
is doing well with weekend service between Braintree and Hyannis (on the
Cape).  Various Federal and State monies have been set aside for running
express trains between Hyannis and Attleboro (where the Cape Cod line meets
the NEC)  I assume that connection to New York (a la the NH's Neptune) will
be made.  Who operates all this is anyone's guess.  As you noticed, the
CC&H's rolling stock is NOT equiped for NEC operations.

					Christopher Byrnes
					cb@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA
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