Cape Codder (train)

Cape Codder
The Cape Codder at Buzzards Bay in July 1996
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleNew York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
PredecessorDay Cape Codder
First serviceJuly 3, 1986
Last serviceSeptember 29, 1996
Former operator(s)New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Amtrak
Route
TerminiNew York City
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Stops8
Distance travelled264 miles (425 km)
Average journey time6 hours 28 minutes
Service frequencyWeekly
Train number(s)234/235
On-board services
Class(es)Reserved coach and Club Service
Catering facilitiesOn-board cafe
Technical
Rolling stockAmfleet coaches
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)

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. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad previously had operated a train under this name until 1958.

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 Hyannis.