OLD ORCHARD BEACH — One of Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger trains struck and killed a man shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Old Orchard Beach police have confirmed. Lt. Timothy DeLuca said that a white male was killed when he stepped out in front of the southbound train at the Union Avenue Crossing. The man was pronounced […]
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Ridership on expanded Downeaster route above projections
PORTLAND (AP) — Amtrak’s Downeaster train carried nearly 50 percent more passengers on its expanded Portland-to-Brunswick route than rail officials expected in the first year of the service. Patricia Quinn, director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said from the start of the service on Nov. 1, 2012, through Oct. 31 about 52,000 […]
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Amtrak considers more Brunswick trips
BRUNSWICK — New figures released last week by Amtrak show the Downeaster train from Boston to Portland and Brunswick is busier than ever, prompting officials to contemplate eventually increasing the number of trips. Ridership on the Downeaster is up 3 percent from last year, and up a “staggering” 123 percent since the service started in […]
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Ridership up on Amtrak Downeaster
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Amtrak said ridership was up in two of its three northern New England routes in the last fiscal year. Amtrak said Monday that ridership increased 3.5 percent on the Downeaster, which travels from Boston to Maine and includes stops in New Hampshire. Ticket revenue grew 6 percent during the year. The […]
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Man struck by train at Scarborough intersection
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough police confirmed Sunday morning that one person was struck by a southbound Amtrak Downeaster train near the Black Point Road underpass at about 8:15 a.m. The male victim — whose name has not been released — apparently ran in front of the train while trying to cross the tracks between the crossing […]
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Amtrak to silence Downeaster whistles in Freeport
FREEPORT (AP) — The Downeaster passenger train soon will become a lot quieter for people living along the tracks in Freeport. The Freeport Town Council has voted to enact a quiet zone for the town’s eight railroad crossings beginning Aug. 9. That means the Amtrak train will no longer sound its whistles and horns as […]
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Downeaster trains cannot escape the heat
PORTLAND — The prolonged heat threatens to put Amtrak’s Downeaster in the slow lane. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is warning of delays along the Downeaster route because of speed restrictions caused by the heat. The heat causes the steel rail to expand, and speeds must be lowered for safety. For the Downeaster, […]