Portland transportation officials are considering relocating the city's Amtrak Downeaster station. The move is part of a project by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority that aims to make ...

The Wells Regional Transportation Center is undergoing a $31 million expansion, adding a second passenger platform and connecting bridge. The expansion project will allow for a sixth round-trip Amtrak ...

More passengers, more revenue, improved safety, reduced costs and less fuel burned. Staying put is not an option.

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - More people rode Amtrak trains in the last fiscal year than any year on record, but ridership on the Downeaster between Maine and Boston was down. In a report released Tuesday ...

WELLS, Maine — The expansion of the Amtrak Downeaster train facilities at the Wells Transportation Center is officially underway this week. The $11.8 million project involves replacing the station’s ...

Crews will begin work April 1, tearing up and replacing 130,000 railroad ties along 124 miles of the Amtrak Downeaster railroad line from the Massachusetts border to Brunswick, Maine, officials said.

James Cohen is the former Portland mayor and board chair of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. Alan Casavant is the former Biddeford mayor and vice chair of NNEPRA. Last month, the ...