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Portland Transportation Center is a bus and train station in Portland, Maine, United States, served and run primarily by Concord Coach Lines (18 round-trips a day) [2] and Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains (five round-trips a day). [3]
John A. Poor circa 1860. Portland first became a transportation hub when the Cumberland and Oxford Canal to interior Maine was completed in 1832. [1] The first railroad reached the city a decade later: the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway (PS&P), whose joint operation with the Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts began in 1842.
On August 31, 1961, the train station was demolished, and a strip mall built on the property. [4] [5] Nevertheless, the Boston and Maine continued multiple daily trains from Portland itself to Boston until 1965. [6] [7] Preservation group Greater Portland Landmarks was formed in 1964, in response to the station's demolition. [8]
Boston and Maine Railroad: Portland and Rumford Falls Railroad: MEC: 1907 1946 Maine Central Railroad: Portland and Rumford Falls Railway: MEC: 1890 1946 Maine Central Railroad: Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway: 1898 1933 Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad: B&M: 1837 1900 Boston and Maine Railroad: Portland Terminal Company: PTM MEC: 1911
The station was built in 1883 by the Grand Trunk Railroad linking South Paris with Montreal and Portland, Maine. [1] Trains began regular operation between Portland and the depot on the Paris side of the town line with Oxford at Widow Merrill's crossing October 8, 1849, even though the station was listed as "North Oxford" in timetables.
Operating out of the former Portland Company Marine Complex, the organization was founded in 1993 and continues to operate as of 2024.The collection consists of passenger and freight equipment, as well as artifacts from the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railways that ran in the state of Maine in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Portland Union Station is a train station in Portland, Oregon, United States, situated near the western shore of the Willamette River in Old Town Chinatown.It serves as an intermediate stop for Amtrak's Cascades and Coast Starlight routes and, along with King Street Station in Seattle, is one of two western termini of the Empire Builder.
Portland station was a passenger rail station on the Grand Trunk Railway in Portland, Maine, United States. [1] It stood to at the foot of India Street , Portland's first street, between 1903 and 1966.