Midcoast Railservice to exit Brunswick-Rockland, Maine, lease, placing Downeaster extension on hold

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Midcoast Railservice to exit Brunswick-Rockland, Maine, lease, placing Downeaster extension on hold

ROCKLAND, Maine — Loss of a freight customer that supplied more than 95% of Midcoast Railservice’s revenue on the 57-mile Rockland branch leased from Maine’s Department of Transportation has prompted the Finger Lakes Railway subsidiary to exit the property. The move upends plans the state, Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, and Amtrak had been working on with Midcoast to operate