The 2023 total surpassed 500,000 passengers for the first time since 2019, indicating that the Boston-to-Brunswick service has mostly recovered from pandemic-related disruptions.
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Commentary: Let’s not squander our chance to expand passenger rail
Restoration of passenger service from Brunswick to Waterville and Bangor will confer a wide array of economic benefits.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
New Hampshire reverses itself, OK’s alcohol sales on Downeaster, for now
State officials are working on a way around a law that forbids serving alcohol that hasn’t been purchased in the state. In the meantime, the Downeaster will have an exemption while it travels 35 miles of rails in the state.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Downeaster riders won’t be able to order alcohol while train is in New Hampshire
A Granite State law says alcohol served in New Hampshire must have been purchased in the state. On the Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail service, the alcoholic drinks come from Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Woman dies after being hit by Amtrak Downeaster near Biddeford
The 27-year-old woman died at the scene just south of the Main Street railroad crossing, Biddeford police said.
Posted inLocal & State
Regional transit agencies get on board, OK $8 million spending plan
Some of the groups had held up the funding when they couldn’t agree on how to divvy up the American Recovery Plan money to make public transit more frequent, reliable and convenient to use in hopes of boosting ridership.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time to restore passenger rail service to central, eastern Maine
A propensity study puts us on the right track. A feasibility study can get us to our destination.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Before they died on the tracks, they struggled with homelessness and drugs
Shawnia Maffiola, 23, and Richard Martello, 24, died by suicide on the train tracks in Biddeford Sunday.
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Police identify pair who died on train tracks in Biddeford
Police have concluded that the pair, who were in their 20s, died by suicide.
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Biddeford police still trying to notify relatives of 2 people hit by train
Police say they have a video of them lying down on the tracks, then sitting up to hug each other before they were struck by the Amtrak Downeaster.