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By John Erickson

Rockland Station

Rockland is the East end of the former Maine Central Rockland Branch line and boasts a brick station and a trans-load facility for the bulk limestone powder for Dragon Cement. The former Maine Central Rockland Station now houses a restaurant. It's to bad that there will be no excursion trains.

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Turning the train in Rockland meant ME 488 had to go back to the round-house turntable on July 13^th, 2011.
Video by John Erickson.

Directions From Bath to Rockland Station

Head east on Commercial St, 0.2 mi
Turn left onto Lambard St, 285 ft
Turn left onto Front St, 220 ft
Front St turns right and becomes Vine St, 433 ft
Turn left toward Commercial St, 89 ft
Turn left onto Commercial St, 115 ft
Take the ramp on the left onto US-1 N/Sagadahoc Bridge, 0.2 mi
Merge onto US-1 N/Sagadahoc Bridge, Continue to follow US-1 N, 55 min (42.1 mi)
Turn right onto Pleasant St, 1.0 mi
Turn left onto Union St. The station will be on the left, 85 ft

The station can be found at 7 Union St Rockland, ME 04841 44.100787, -69.110573, and the trans-load site at 2-20 Ocean St Rockland, ME 04841 44.097434, -69.105182. These directions came from Google Maps

For a history of the station go to this penbaypilot.com article.