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What are the Department of Transportation and the state of Maine thinking?
How imperative it is to have public transportation, especially Amtrak service from Bangor! Boston is our nearest big city and I can attest to the countless hours driving there for cancer care for loved ones. To have safe, reliable train service to points south is a no-brainer!
I have driven folks from Bangor to Brunswick to catch the Amtrak from there. The price from Brunswick to Exeter, New Hampshire is around $12.
Since it’s the same distance from Brunswick to Bangor (pretty much), why would it cost so much more for that leg of the trip?
Is the state afraid of losing toll money from the highway?
I don’t find any sense in any of their studies.
Kate Tuck
Bangor
