Amtrak Downeaster

UPDATE: Work begins on Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail extension to Freeport, Brunswick

BRUNSWICK — The northward extension of the Amtrak Downeaster has been local rail advocates' dream since 2003. On Monday at Maine Street Station, the first tangible sign that the long-awaited vision is closer to realization was hard to miss. The train delivering 50 strings...

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Friday, July 30, 2010 at 11:50 am
Work to begin on Downeaster extension to Brunswick

BRUNSWICK — After years of hoping and waiting, proponents of the extension of Amtrak Downeaster service to Brunswick will soon have something to cheer. State officials and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that work on more than 26 miles of railroad tracks be...

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:30 pm

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Brunswick council begins campaign for Downeaster

BRUNSWICK — With Brunswick's $2 million investment in the $23 million Maine Street Station project on a track to get larger, the Town Council on Monday expressed its unanimous support for the proposed extension of the Amtrak Downeaster. Extension of the current service from Portl...

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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Portland-Boston rail line to vie for high-speed funds, if not high speeds

PORTLAND — When the Obama administration last week unveiled a transportation plan that will award billions of dollars in high-speed rail funding, riders of the Amtrak Downeaster probably envisioned the train whizzing between Boston and Portland at 150 mph, a speed that would make it competiti...

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Monday, April 20, 2009
Brunswick council OKs negotiations for train station

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday voted 8-1 to allow its Maine Street Station Oversight Committee and acting Town Manager Gary Brown to negotiate with JHR Development to become the master tenant of the $23 million project's 2,100-square-foot train station. Councilor Karen Kla...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009
ms-amtrak-012309 Amtrak Downeaster funding may be in limbo (drop) Baldacci budget proposal leaves out funding

PORTLAND — Under Gov. John Baldacci's proposed state budget, funding for the Amtrak Downeaster may hinge on the federal government's willingness to broaden the use of transportation dollars for rail operations.

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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Amtrak Downeaster

UPDATE: Work begins on Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail extension to Freeport, Brunswick

Work to begin on Downeaster extension to Brunswick

Brunswick council begins campaign for Downeaster

Portland-Boston rail line to vie for high-speed funds, if not high speeds

Brunswick council OKs negotiations for train station

ms-amtrak-012309 Amtrak Downeaster funding may be in limbo (drop) Baldacci budget proposal leaves out funding

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