amtrak downeaster

Published
March 31, 2023

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.
Published
March 8, 2023

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.
Published
March 6, 2023

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.
Published
February 7, 2023

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.
Published
December 15, 2022

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.
Published
July 31, 2022

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.
Published
May 13, 2022

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.
Published
May 11, 2022

Police identify pair who died on train tracks in Biddeford

Police have concluded that the pair, who were in their 20s, died by suicide.
Published
May 9, 2022

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.
Published
December 28, 2021

An 83-year-old man died when his pickup was struck by Downeaster train

The pickup 'went through the gate' Monday afternoon and ended up on the tracks in Haverhill, Massachusetts.