Cape Codder (train)

Cape Codder

The Cape Codder at Buzzards Bay in July 1996
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
Predecessor	Day Cape Codder
First service	July 3, 1986
Last service	September 29, 1996
Former operator(s)	Amtrak
Route
Start	New York City
Stops	8
End	Hyannis, Massachusetts
Distance travelled	264 miles (425 km)
Average journey time	6 hours 28 minutes
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	234/235
On-board services
Class(es)	Reserved coach and Club Service
Catering facilities	On-board cafe
Technical
	Amfleet coaches
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Dist. Station Northeast Corridor to Washington 264 mi 425 km New York NY/CT border 228 mi 367 km Stamford 189 mi 304 km New Haven CT/RI border 76 mi 122 km Providence Northeast Corridor to Boston RI/MA border 56 mi 90 km Taunton 29 mi 47 km Wareham 24 mi 39 km Buzzards Bay 16 mi 26 km Sandwich 9 mi 14 km West Barnstable 0 mi 0 km Hyannis

Route map
Dist. Station Northeast Corridor to Washington 264 mi 425 km New York NY/CT border 228 mi 367 km Stamford 189 mi 304 km New Haven CT/RI border 76 mi 122 km Providence Northeast Corridor to Boston RI/MA border 56 mi 90 km Taunton 29 mi 47 km Wareham 24 mi 39 km Buzzards Bay 16 mi 26 km Sandwich 9 mi 14 km West Barnstable 0 mi 0 km Hyannis

The Cape Codder was a seasonal passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. It operated during the summer between 1986 and 1996. It was the first regular service from New York to the Cape since 1964.

From its demise in 1996 there was no passenger rail service to Cape Cod until the beginning of the summer of 2013 when the MBTA's CapeFLYER began connecting Boston's South Station to Barnstable and Hyannis.

Service beyond Harwich to Provincetown at the end of the Cape ended by the late 1930s. Regular service was suspended from 1941 to 1948, owing to World War II. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ran combined through trains with the Pennsylvania Railroad from Washington to Hyannis until 1958. The Day Cape Codder and Neptune combined to provide service six days per week July–September, with the Day Cape Codder operating all days except Wednesday and Friday and the Neptune operating on Fridays only. The trains ran from New York to Hyannis, with a section splitting at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts for Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Passengers coming from Boston connected in Providence, Rhode Island. The PRR and the NH offered a night train, The Night Cape Codder, from Washington and New York on Friday nights. The companies offered a return train from the Cape on Sunday nights. The New Haven Railroad stopped serving Cape Cod altogether in 1964.

Amtrak launched the Cape Codder on July 3, 1986. The original schedule included four trains weekly: trains from New York to Hyannis on Friday evening (#272) and Saturday morning (#270), and trains from Hyannis to New York on Saturday (#271) and Sunday afternoon (#273). Amtrak advertised the service as "Washington–New York–Hyannis", although only #272 originated in Washington. All other connections required a connecting train. The train operated through September and featured "Club Service: Deluxe reserved seating. Beverages and complimentary meals served at your seat.".