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A Downeaster special train at Brunswick Maine Street Station in June 2012, five months before the start of service. Service to Brunswick was originally intended to begin within five years of the Downeaster's 2001 launch, but was delayed by lack of funding and other obstacles.
Downeaster service began on December 15, 2001, with only a platform at Wells. The station building was constructed in 2002 and opened in 2003. [2] The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNERPA) is adding a 6-mile (9.7 km) second track through Wells to allow an additional daily Brunswick-Wells round trip.
The Amtrak Downeaster at Brunswick station. 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.
Running between Boston's North Station and Brunswick, Maine, the Downeaster is a leaf-peeper's delight in the fall. Blazes of color are punctuated by historic towns, New England beaches , and ...
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 ...
The Maine Eastern Railroad operates a scenic train with service from Brunswick to Rockland, via Bath and Wiscasset. Pan Am Railways completed the work on time and on budget. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority initiated passenger rail service to Freeport and Brunswick in December 2012. [2] [3]
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]
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