Proposed overnight sleeper train from Boston to Montreal would make multiple stops in New England
Officials in Canada have proposed a plan to offer overnight passenger train service from Montreal to many towns and cities in New England.
The 14-hour train ride would take travelers all the way to Boston, making several stops along the way including Portland and Old Orchard Beach in Maine, as well as Durham, New Hampshire, the Portsmouth Herald reported. There are also a number of planned stops in Quebec.
Planners and legislators from Canada and New England met last week in Quebec to discuss the plan, which was shelved a few years ago following coast studies, according to the newspaper.
“We want to start the movement back up again, while in the states, especially in Vermont and Maine, people really want that project. There’s a lot of interest on both sides,” Fondation Trains De Nuit President François Pepin said.
The cost to ride the rail service from Canada to Boston would be about $160 in American currency or $212 in Canadian dollars.
People embarking on the full 300-mile journey would be offered sleeper, dining, and bar cars with live music. There would be room for about 120 people in the sleeper cars and 70 people in coach.
The train would depart Montreal around 6 p.m. and arrive at Boston’s North Station around 8 a.m. the following morning. It would also make stops in Berlin and Gorham, New Hampshire, and Island Pond, Vermont.
Officials hope to make a deal to launch the train service by 2024.
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