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The Downeaster resumed its full schedule on August 1, 2015, following the completion of the track repairs. [35] By December 2015, the Downeaster was up to a monthly on-time percentage of 86%, well above the national average.
Old Orchard Beach station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. It features a covered platform, and is served by Amtrak's Downeaster service seasonally between May and October. [2] The station is located next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston & Maine Railroad. [3]
It is also served by Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), as well as the Greater Portland Metro route 1 and BREEZ bus services. [4] The station is open from 4:30 AM to 12:15 AM and from 2:45 AM to 3:15 AM. [5] Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood, [6] about a half mile west of the former site of Portland ...
Freeport station is a passenger rail station in Freeport, Maine, which is located on Amtrak's Downeaster line. The Downeaster operates from North Station in Boston to Brunswick Maine Street Station in Brunswick, Maine, via the Portland Transportation Center in Portland, Maine. Freeport was part of a $38.3 million project to rehabilitate 30 ...
Trainriders Northeast is a non-profit citizens' organization group based out of Portland, Maine, in the United States.It was established in 1989 to advocate for the extension of passenger rail service from Boston to Portland and points north.
Down Easter or Downeaster may refer to: Down Easter (ship), or Downeaster, a type of 19th-century sailing ship; Downeaster, an Amtrak passenger train from Boston, Massachusetts, to Brunswick, Maine; Down Easter group of trains, a passenger train of the United States, 1927–1942 and 1949–1950
But Maine's largest city also enjoyed 125 years of continuous passenger rail service from 1842 until 1967, and has been served by Amtrak since 2001. For most of Portland's history, passenger train schedules were designed with intercity travel—to Boston, Montreal, Nova Scotia, and points west—rather than daily commuting.
In 1993, the town of Wells voted to build a transportation center for intercity buses and then-planned Amtrak service. [2] Downeaster service began on December 15, 2001, with only a platform at Wells.