Big plans are in the works for the Amtrak Downeaster, including twin platforms at the Wells train station and potentially a ...

A $31 million station upgrade in Wells is picking up steam—while Amtrak’s Downeaster eyes a new location in Portland.

The Amtrak Downeaster is considering a fare hike – the first in five years. Here are some of the proposed changes: • One-way coach Value ticket from Saco to Freeport would increase from $6 to $8; ...

From fiscal year 2009 to 2019, actual ridership on the Downeaster — the number of people using the train, which now stretches from Boston’s North Station to Brunswick — rose 34.4%, from ...

Downeaster will suspend service on trains 688 and 689 beginning on Tuesday and trains 683 and 684 beginning on Wednesday, Amtrak posted in a service alert Monday. All other trains will operate as ...

The Amtrak Downeaster train blocked the road about 1,000 feet from the train station.>> If you or someone you know need help, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline."All of a sudden ...

The Downeaster — Amtrak’s passenger train route between Maine and Boston with three stops in New Hampshire — is slated for new trains that are part of a nationwide upgrade. On Thursday ...

May 26—Amtrak's Downeaster train service has resumed its summer schedule, which means stops in Old Orchard Beach for passengers. Amtrak is also continuing its practice of later departures to ...

Mar. 6—Passengers on the Amtrak Downeaster rail service, which runs between Brunswick and Boston, will soon have to abstain from buying alcoholic drinks in the train's cafe car during part of ...

Adding a second set of tracks in the four-mile stretch through Falmouth and Cumberland will make it possible to run five daily round trips between Brunswick and Boston.