Editing Lincoln County, Maine (section)

==Transportation==
[[U.S. Route 1]] passes through the county in a northeast–southwest fashion. North-south Maine state routes, notably Maine 27, Maine 129, Maine 130 and Maine 32 travel north to the interior of the county and south to the peninsulas by the coast.

Until 1958, the [[Maine Central Railroad]] ran passenger trains from [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], along the [[Rockland Branch]] from [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]] to [[Rockland, Maine|Rockland]] to the east, three trains a day on days besides Sunday and fewer trains on Sunday. Stations consisted of [[Wiscasset]], Newcastle, Damariscotta Mills, Nobleboro, Winslow Mills and [[Waldoboro]]. In Portland's [[Union Station (Portland, Maine)|Union Station]], these trains made connections to trains to Boston, New York City, Bangor and the Canadian Maritimes.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Maine Central Railroad, Table 3 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=91 |issue=3 |date=August 1958}}</ref> In the final months, service diminished to one daily except Sunday trip in each direction, until finally discontinuing on April 4, 1959.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Maine Central Railroad, Table 3 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=91 |issue=11 |date=April 1959}}</ref>

From 2003 to 2015, the [[Maine Eastern Railroad]] offered seasonal excursion service to [[Rockland, Maine]] which connected to [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Downeaster (train)|Downeaster]]'' at Brunswick. In October 2017, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority announced plans to extend one weekend ''Downeaster'' round trip to Rockland between Memorial Day and Labor Day beginning in 2018. Intermediate stops would be made at Bath, Wiscasset, and Newcastle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2017/10/24/business/rail-group-eyes-amtrak-service-to-rockland-by-summer-2018/ |url-access=subscription |title=Rail group eyes Amtrak service to Rockland by summer 2018|last=Abbate|first=Lauren|date=October 24, 2017|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> As part of preparation, Amtrak, along with the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, [[Maine Department of Transportation]] and the [[Central Maine and Quebec Railway|Central Maine and & Quebec Railroad]], made a test run of a train on August 14.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Betts |first=Stephen |date=August 15, 2019 |title=Train backers ride rails to Rockland |url=https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/train-backers-ride-rails-to-rockland/1828630 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725220554/https://knox.villagesoup.com/2019/08/15/train-backers-ride-rails-to-rockland-1828630/ |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |website=Courier-Gazette |publisher=Knox County VillageSoup}}</ref>