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In 1881, the New Brunswick Land and Railway Company changed its name to the New Brunswick Railway Company. That same year the 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) narrow gauge lines from South Devon to Edmundston as well as the line from Aroostook to Caribou were converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ).
Maine Central Railroad main line in dark green. The Maine Central Railroad Company main line extended from Portland, Maine, east to the Canada–US border with New Brunswick at the Saint Croix–Vanceboro Railway Bridge. It is the transportation artery linking Maine cities to the national railway network.
The E&NA built a western extension from Saint John to the International Boundary at St. Croix, New Brunswick, and Vanceboro, Maine, during the 1860s, while the E&NA in Maine had built from Bangor up the Penobscot River valley to the hamlet of Mattawamkeag at the confluence with the Mattawamkeag River before turning east across the lowlands of ...
The Portland Transportation Center, at Thompson's Point, is a major transfer point (and the origin of route number 1 and the Metro BREEZ express service), where connections can be made to the Downeaster train, to Concord Coach Lines buses and to other local bus routes.
The Boston and Maine Railroad leased the line in 1886. This acquisition also included the continuation from Rochester to Portland, via the York and Cumberland Railroad which was formed in 1846. It opened to Gorham, Maine, in 1851 under the direction of Maine railroad pioneer John A. Poor and was extended in 1853.
New Brunswick Railway: CP: 1878 1890 Canadian Pacific Railway: New Brunswick and Canada Railway: CP: 1870 1882 New Brunswick Railway: Northern Maine Seaport Railroad: BAR: 1904 1919 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad: Norway Branch Railroad: CN: 1879 Oldtown and Lincoln Railroad: MEC: 1852 1864 European and North American Railway: Orchard Beach ...
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EMRY was established as a corporate entity on November 10, 1994 by J.D. Irving Ltd. to purchase the 99.5 mile right of way and physical railway assets of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Mattawamkeag Subdivision rail line within the state of Maine, running from its eastern terminus at the Canada–United States border, this being the midpoint of the Saint Croix–Vanceboro Railway Bridge at ...