Amtrak is advertising to a certain demographic with a possibly shaky grasp of geography via a Facebook page that proclaims Boystown, The West Village, Provincetown, and more are just an Amtrak away.
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Time was, you could take a train to Provincetown
By adamg
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 9:29pm
The Provincetown train station, back in the day, via the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth (posted under this Creative Commons license).
Rail Trail
By Kaz
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:10pm
The train line is one of the best trails in the state now.
but only goes as far as South Wellfleet now
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 4:44am
I don't know what the state's plans are, if any, to bring it through the rest of Wellfleet and Truro to Provincetown. Is the line still intact?
There is work going on to
By brianjdamico
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 5:39am
There is work going on to extend it 2 miles further north in Wellfleet. Part of this was the acquisition of the new Wellfleet Hollow Campground. The end goal is to get to PTown eventually….it’s not as straightforward to finish the trail, if they want to follow the old ROW, some of the land is privately owned now.
Ah yes a perfect example of
By anon
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:44pm
Ah yes a perfect example of history not repeating itself.
Passenger trains to Ptown stopped in the 1930s...
By Neal
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 9:35pm
And freight to the Outer Cape ended in the 1950s, but Amtrak's in-house travel agency, Amtrak Vacations does offer connections to Provincetown via ferry, so there's that. It doesn't appear to be an official Thruway Connection, though that might be something the folks at Amtrak HQ in DC might want to consider, since it's a pretty easy connection..
I´m pretty sure this
By anon
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 8:22am
.. is why it says "an Amtrak away" and not "a train away"
Sorry but i"ve developed a
By anon
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:05pm
Sorry but i"ve developed a phobia of trains and tunnels and airplanes and road rage lately. Unless of course I can drink a scotch and down a few pills till I'm Annie and READY TO PARRRRRY LIKE THA REST OF THEMMMMM!!!
Don't fly Spirit then
By Parkwayne
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 9:08am
As you'll get duct taped (rightfully) to your seat.
Pretty sure...
By lbb
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 10:41am
...that was Frontier.
(yes, of course, this is not the actual FA, it's a comedian. Still funny as hell).
Copyedit?
By Kaz
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:11pm
Maybe they meant they ARE more than just an Amtrak away. Haha.
Maybe
By Kaz
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:12pm
Maybe they figured the demographic that they are targeting know all about ferries.
Not to be confused with ferry
By anon
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:43pm
Not to be confused with ferry to Long Island.
the fuck?
By anon
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 8:34am
what year do you live in?
wut o_O
By Scratchie
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 9:46am
wut o_O
Serious question
By lbb
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 10:52am
Serious question: what the actual fuck is wrong with you?
I'm seeing Facebook ads with that theme
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 1:41pm
saying "To get to Salem, you just have to believe in ferries"
You do know...
By lbb
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 2:57pm
...that there's a difference between Provincetown and Salem, right?
Amtrak used to run seasonally to Hyannis
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 4:04am
though only from New York City, not from Boston. The train left the Northeast Corridor at Attleboro and headed east to the Cape.
It's about time
By jmeltzer
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 7:09am
that tunnel was opened to non-residents.
NO
By brianjdamico
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 7:31am
n/t
Cape Flyer
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 1:15pm
Can't get to Provincetown without a bus/bike/car but you can get as far as Hyannis and easily connect to MV and Nantucket.
We've done several long weekends where we rode to South Station from work, took our loaded up bikes on the train, and connected to the islands or just hung out on the cape.
https://capeflyer.com/
But only runs through Labor Day weekend
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 1:43pm
and only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Monday holidays.
The first year, it ran through Columbus Day weekend, but apparently there wasn't enough September and October ridership to continue that.
Provincetown Ferries don't run year-round
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 1:46pm
They are usually May to mid-October in my experience.
Sometimes through November, on reduced schedule
By Ron Newman
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 1:47pm
I haven't checked lately to see whether they continued that last year or this year.
What are the odds that Amtrak
By Scratchie
Thu, 08/12/2021 - 3:32pm
What are the odds that Amtrak's social media person confused Provincetown with the more Amtrak-accessible Providence?