Maine's Passenger Rail Authority has begun exploring the possibility of running some express trains between Maine stops and Boston.
Authority Director Patricia Quinn says the authority is looking at running train 682, an 8 a.m. departure from Portland with stops only in Saco, Wells, and Exeter, New Hampshire.
Quinn says leaving out the other stops would reduce the running time from Portland to Boston by about 15 minutes, to two hours and 10 minutes.
Quinn says before going ahead, the authority will evaluate how many more passengers might take a faster train from Maine and compare that to the potential loss of passengers from the New Hampshire and Massachusetts stops by-passed.