PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Amtrak station in Portland may be getting a new home. Officials are looking to move the station to one of three locations around St. John Street in Portland. Currently, ...

As millions hit the roads and skies, many Mainers are choosing Amtrak Downeaster for a smoother, cheaper Thanksgiving trip.

Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger rail service between Brunswick, Portland and Boston was included as one of 10 contract options for a new, state-of-the-art type of train cars called the Airo. The first ...

Ridership on the train line dropped more than 7% last year ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - It may soon cost more to ride the Amtrak Downeaster. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) has proposed a fare increase for the Downeaster between ...

The idea of state-subsidized passenger train service between Boston and Portland was controversial in the 1990s, when critics feared it would be a big waste of Maine taxpayers’ money. Now the ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- A day after Amtrak's Downeaster service was restored, the train traveled north from Boston to make its inaugural run to Freeport and Brunswick, where Sen. Olympia Snowe, an ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The operator of Amtrak's Downeaster is optimistic that up to $39 million in federal stimulus money will be awarded for a long-awaited expansion of the Boston-to-Portland ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Amtrak Downeaster passenger train will generate billions of dollars in economic benefits in Maine and New Hampshire over the coming decades, according to a new study. The ...