Proposal calls for train connection between Lewiston, Auburn, Waterville and Bangor to Portland.
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Rails, trails or both? State officials urged to do something with unused Augusta-to-Brunswick rail corridor
Officials have begun a nine-month process to consider using the state-owned Lower Road rail corridor for a recreational trail that would pass through several central Maine communities.
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Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike
Commuter railroads and Amtrak would also be affected by a strike because many of them use tracks owned by the freight railroads.
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Passenger rail advocates pitch ‘Grand Trunk Flyer’ between Auburn, Portland
The proposal would use the same rail line that has been at center of an ambitious rail trail project connecting several municipalities.
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Next phase of Lewiston-Auburn rail study will look at Portland connection
AUBURN — Heading into the final phase of a feasibility study on establishing a passenger rail connection between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland, committee officials say the decision may come down to how much federal and state subsidy will be available for the project. During a City Council workshop Monday, former Councilor Bob Stone said while the […]
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Auburn council to review L-A passenger rail study
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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Gauging interest in passenger rail service
Eileen Coyne of Leeds, left, at a gathering Wednesday at the Lewiston Public Library to gauge interest in creating a passenger rail connection between L-A and the Amtrak Downeaster in Portland. Coyne points to a map as she explains the route that had been traveled by the now-defunct ski train to Bethel. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — […]
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Auburn City Council talks pros, cons of rail study
AUBURN — City councilors indicated support Monday for chipping in $50,000 for a passenger rail study but were concerned about raising that amount in a short time. More than a dozen people expressed views on the topic for about an hour. The issue was not on the council’s agenda for a vote. Action is expected […]
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B. Noddin: Moving L-A forward
Room 126 of the State House was packed for the Joint Transportation Committee’s public hearing on LD 323 — Lewiston Rep. Jared Golden’s bill requesting funding to complete a study concerning a long-proposed passenger rail link between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn. Rep. Golden explained the bill, then the chorus of bipartisan support ensued. Rep. Peggy Rotundo, […]
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J. Davis: Pork barrel construction project
This is in response to the guest column by Charles Morrison (March 8). It is bad enough that Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority’s Patricia Quinn seeks $12 million in federal taxpayer dollars to build an unnecessary layover barn at Brunswick, large enough to simultaneously house three trainsets. Now comes Rep. Jared Golden with a […]