LEWISTON — Making a pitch for commuter train service in the Twin Cities, members of the Maine Rail Transit Coalition said it’s time to start developing rail aggressively. “In the past, rail development in the state has been about slow, incremental development to trying to rebuild sections of rail at at time,” said Paul Weiss, […]
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Lewiston event to discuss benefits of Twin Cities rail service
LEWISTON — Rail backers and local officials will be on hand Tuesday to discuss rail service between Portland and the Twin Cities. The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club is hosting an event to celebrate International Transit Day at the banquet hall of the Royal Oak Room, the refurbished former Maine Central Railroad station at […]
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Group examining Maine rail service to meet
PORTLAND (AP) — An advisory group looking at whether expanded passenger rail service should be offered in Maine is holding its second meeting this week. The 13-member Maine Passenger Rail Advisory Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday. The council was established by the administration of Gov. Paul LePage to help the state establish criteria for […]
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Support for ‘hotel train’ grows in Western Maine
PARIS — A proposed overnight passenger train between Boston and Montreal is picking up support from communities along the proposed line. Proponents hope upcoming negotiations for track use from Portland to Quebec between Francois Rebello, the Montreal entrepreneur driving the project, and the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Genesee of Wyoming Inc., will […]
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Full service to resume on crippled NYC-Conn. rail
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Transit Authority says full service will be restored to a crippled line of the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad. The MTA says Saturday that the line running between New Haven, Conn., and Grand Central Terminal in New York City will run at full capacity beginning Monday. The MTA says Monday’s […]
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U.S. officials dispute claims that aging rail line is hazardous
Federal and state rail safety officials said Friday that Maine, Montreal and Atlantic’s operations in the United States are safe. This contrasts with a Canadian railway’s published claims that MMA’s operations made the line too risky for shipping oil. The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. refused for several days to […]
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Feds inspect Maine tracks used to transport oil
PORTLAND — Federal railroad inspectors are in Maine inspecting tracks that are used to transport crude oil, including those owned by the rail company involved in a catastrophic derailment and series of explosions in Quebec this month. Inspections will continue through the end of summer, focused primarily on tracks owned by Montreal, Maine and Atlantic […]
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State poised to review rail safety after Quebec crash
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers moved quickly to review the safety of Maine’s railroads following the recent disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a legislative order offered by Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, that could set the Legislature’s Transportation Committee to work later this summer. Also, Gov. Paul LePage issued an […]