Cape Codder (NH train)

Cape Codder
1960 advertisement for the Day Cape Codder and Neptune
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleNortheastern United States
First serviceJuly 3, 1925
Last serviceSeptember 13, 1964
SuccessorCape Codder (Amtrak)
Former operator(s)New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Route
TerminiNew York, New York
Hyannis, Massachusetts, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Distance travelled261.5 miles (420.8 km) (New York–Hyannis)
255 miles (410 km) (New York–Woods Hole)
On-board services
Seating arrangementsCoaches (Day Cape Codder, Night Cape Codder)
Sleeping arrangementsRoomettes, open sections, double bedrooms, drawing rooms and compartments (Night Cape Codder)
Catering facilitiesDining car (Day Cape Codder)
Observation facilitiesParlor car (Day Cape Codder)

The Cape Codder was a pair of day and night passenger trains run by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH) from the latter 1920s to the mid 1960s, with some brief interruptions. Its distinction was the longest tenure of direct summertime New York City to Cape Cod trains. With the improvement of highways in southeastern Massachusetts, passenger rail traffic diminished, and the Cape Codder service ended with the New Haven Railroad's discontinuing of passenger rail service to Cape Cod.