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In March 2021, Amtrak did not include the route to Bangor in its "Amtrak Connects Us" 15-year expansion vision. Local stakeholders stated that they had not signed off on the plan, and that the omission does not preclude future service. [68] In April 2023, the results of the studies ordered in 2021 were published.
The Bangor Transportation Center is a bus terminus in Bangor, Maine served by Concord Trailways. It is located at 1039 Union Street, across the street from the Bangor International Airport. Through ticketing is available from Amtrak's Boston North Station and Portland Transportation Center; Bangor's Amtrak code is BAN.
Amtrak's Downeaster serves Boston's North Station from Brunswick, with its Maine stops being in Freeport, Portland, Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Wells. In 2024, discussions began once more to bring passenger rail service to central Maine, with Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor potentially being served.
Bangor, Maine: 152,148 Bangor Union Station: Last service was the Boston and Maine's State of Maine Express and Bar Harbor Express in 1960. Extension of Downeaster service studied. Alexandria, Louisiana: 152,037 Last service was the Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle in 1969. Wichita Falls, Texas: 151,254
The Maine Edge is published from Bangor. Bangor has more than a dozen radio stations and seven television stations, including WLBZ 2 , WABI 5 (CBS; CW on DT2), WVII 7 , WBGR-LD 33 , and WFVX-LD 22 (Fox/MyNetworkTV). Maine Public Broadcasting Network outlet WMEB 12, licensed to nearby Orono, is the area's PBS member station.
Rockland Ferry Terminal is a public ferry terminal and intercity bus stop in Rockland, Maine. It is the mainland terminus for ferries to three island communities in Penobscot Bay: Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus. Concord Coach Lines provides bus service to Portland, Bangor, Boston, and nearby towns.
Amtrak restored the Empire Service brand with the June 11, 1972, timetable, and added individual train names on the May 19, 1974, timetable. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As was done on the Northeast Corridor with NortheastDirect , individual train names for New York-Albany and New York-Niagara Falls service were dropped on October 28, 1995, and replaced with ...
I-95 serves many of the coastline's cities, including the state capitals of Providence, Rhode Island, and Augusta, Maine, while serving as a partial beltway around Boston. I-95 travels through every New England state except Vermont and is the only two-digit Interstate highway to enter the states of Rhode Island and Maine.