Bob Staples said his son had schizoaffective disorder and died when he was struck by a train in Portland last month.

Shuttle air service and multi-lane superhighways have historically made deep inroads into the popularity of train travel.

Ridership also shows growth on Amtrak’s Vermonter service ... other states along each of the routes, except for the Downeaster, which Maine funds exclusively. With its now proven ability ...

Train travel, too, is expected to pick up. The Amtrak Downeaster, which runs between Brunswick, Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts, has seen a record number of passengers this year, according to ...

The Amtrak Downeaster broke records in 2023 for ridership ... England Passenger Rail Authority NNEPRA Executive Director Patricia Quinn told News Center Maine that a formal recommendation for the site ...

Amtrak had proposed extending NNEPRA’s Downeaster trains beyond Brunswick to and from Rockland, but that plan stalled when a host railroad agreement with Midcoast failed to materialize. A Boston-bound ...

The new location would shave 15 minutes off Amtrak Downeaster's ... passenger rail service from Boston to Maine. It manages day-to-day operations of the Downeaster, including budgets, contracts ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Plans for Portland’s new passenger train station are chugging along. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), which operates the Amtrak Downeaster, said things are ...

Back in September of 2015, a 16-year-old was struck by a train trying to get photos near railroad tracks in Boyd, MD. It was ...

This is a video of the Amtrak Downeaster and it's traveling at 80 miles per hour ... Real Estate Agent Has 8 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Move to Maine Real Estate Agent Has 8 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t ...

"Amtrak Downeaster, it's a really good option for ... there is always something to look forward to in Maine.