Train, bus and ferry agencies of southern Maine want to develop a plan that will serve the area for the next 30 years.
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Downeaster readies for expanded Brunswick-Boston service
Once a siding project is finished in Yarmouth, the Downeaster will add two more of the runs.
Downeaster service between Maine and Boston to be disrupted for weeks
Track improvements between Brunswick and Dover, N.H., will mean that passengers may have to be bused for part of their trip.
Downeaster to continue to run without auto braking technology
The line doesn’t have to have the technology because it makes fewer than 12 trips daily.
Downeaster rail pass offers low-cost service between 6 stations in Maine
The $19 pass covers 10 one-way trips over a week and is geared toward tourists, who can travel between stops that are a short distance from a downtown or an attraction.
Rail authority approves Downeaster summer runs to Rockland, but only on 3 weekends
The original plan called for runs to Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle and Rockland on 10 weekends this summer.
Downeaster exceeds annual targets for revenue, ridership
The rail service carried more than 511,000 passengers in 2016-17, the most since it set records in 2014.