Amtrak Downeaster

There's a proposal to expand passenger rail service to Lewiston, Waterville, and Bangor. It's time to make this happen.

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Authorities say a 43-year-old homeless woman was attempting to cross the tracks near where she was camping out in the city.

Amtrak's Boston-to-Portland passenger train is expanding service with more frequent trips to Freeport and Brunswick, up the coast of Maine.

As much as the anticipation built for Christmas 2014, it sure seemed to be over in a blink of an eye. My only immediate family that are left are my niece and her Dad. He lives in Dunstable, Massachusetts, which is just over the state line from Nashua, New Hampshire. Last year and this year, I boarded the Amtrak Downeaster in Brunswick and they pick me up in Haverill, Massachusetts.

Nyla J. Howard, 39, of South Portland was killed around 7 p.m. on Saturday when she was struck by the Amtrak Downeaster.

It's been just over a year since the Amtrak Downeaster expanded service northward from Portland to include stops in Freeport and Brunswick. The expanded route started service on November 1, 2012.

Ridership on the Amtrak Downeaster is on the way up. It increased its ridership 3% from last year, and it is up 123% since the service started in 2005.