AUBURN — If you build it, they will come — maybe. The first phase of a study looking at bringing passenger rail to Lewiston-Auburn says the region has a “latent demand” for a transit connection to Portland. The City Council, which appointed three members to a regional Project Committee tasked with studying the feasibility of […]
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Downeaster passenger train collides with car at Yarmouth crossing
YARMOUTH — A car heading southbound on North Road Monday afternoon was struck by a Amtrak Downeaster passenger train. According to Police Department Lt. Dean Perry, the SUV driven by a woman was hit at 12:32 p.m. Monday. The woman, who was alone in the vehicle and was not identified, was taken to Maine Medical […]
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Person struck, killed by Downeaster train in North Berwick
NORTH BERWICK (AP) — An Amtrak train traveling from Boston to Portland struck and killed someone on the tracks in North Berwick. Patricia Quinn of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority said the Amtrak Downeaster carrying about 100 passengers struck the person around 7 p.m. Saturday near the Route 9 overpass. An Amtrak spokeswoman […]
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Downeaster completes track repairs, restores cancelled trains
PORTLAND — Amtrak’s Downeaster has restored its full schedule of five daily round-trips between Portland and Boston after track defects detected months ago led to delays and cancellations. Patricia Quinn, the executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said in a statement that the service restored its full schedule on Friday. “We […]
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Person struck by Amtrak Downeaster dies in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — One person is dead after a Downeaster train incident one mile south of the Portland station, Amtrak confirms to CBS 13. Train 648, on its way to Boston, hit the person at 6:55 p.m. Saturday, according to Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods. At the time of the incident, 68 passengers were on the […]