downeaster
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PublishedMarch 6, 2019
Coalition to study Greater Portland transit, with eye to the future
Train, bus and ferry agencies of southern Maine want to develop a plan that will serve the area for the next 30 years.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Downeaster readies for expanded Brunswick-Boston service
Once a siding project is finished in Yarmouth, the Downeaster will add two more of the runs.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
Downeaster service between Maine and Boston to be disrupted for weeks
Track improvements between Brunswick and Dover, N.H., will mean that passengers may have to be bused for part of their trip.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2018
Downeaster to continue to run without auto braking technology
The line doesn't have to have the technology because it makes fewer than 12 trips daily.
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PublishedJune 6, 2018
Downeaster rail pass offers low-cost service between 6 stations in Maine
The $19 pass covers 10 one-way trips over a week and is geared toward tourists, who can travel between stops that are a short distance from a downtown or an attraction.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2018
Rail authority approves Downeaster summer runs to Rockland, but only on 3 weekends
The original plan called for runs to Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle and Rockland on 10 weekends this summer.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2017
Downeaster exceeds annual targets for revenue, ridership
The rail service carried more than 511,000 passengers in 2016-17, the most since it set records in 2014.