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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Amtrak to install automatic braking system on Downeaster
Amtrak and CSX will be installing a 'positive train control' system on the Downeaster tracks, intended to automatically control train speeds and movements.
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PublishedMay 30, 2024
Amtrak’s heat-delay altered schedules won’t impact Maine, rail authority says
There will likely still be delays on the Downeaster when high temperatures affect the metal rails, but the schedule is staying put, for the time being.
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PublishedApril 25, 2024
Amtrak planners identify 3 possible sites for new train station in Portland
Moving the station from its current location at Thompson's Point would reduce travel time and improve efficiency of the Downeaster service between Boston and Brunswick.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2023
Brunswick-Rockland Downeaster extension eyed with federal grant
Amtrak's Downeaster was awarded a grant to explore extending the line on a 57-mile stretch from Brunswick to Rockland known as the Rockland Branch.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2023
Amtrak’s Downeaster to receive $27 million in federal funding for track improvements
The authority that oversees the Downeaster also will get a $500,000 grant to explore expanding service to Rockland and adding a station in Falmouth.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2023
Downeaster pitches fare increases for the first time in 5 years
The plan to raise certain fares $2 to $10 comes as ridership has rebounded beyond pre-pandemic levels.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Amtrak Downeaster ridership rebounds from pandemic slowdown
The 2023 total surpassed 500,000 passengers for the first time since 2019, indicating that the Boston-to-Brunswick service has mostly recovered from pandemic-related disruptions.
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PublishedApril 1, 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.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2023
New Hampshire reverses, 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, and the Downeaster travels through 35 miles of the state.
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PublishedMarch 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.
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