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 ...

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 ...

Though officials who operate the Downeaster Amtrak train service were thrilled they were awarded $35 million by the federal government to expand from Portland to Brunswick, they aren't resting on ...

— -- Amtrak tickets are finally going digital. Mirroring an airline practice, the rail company is testing e-ticketing that allows customers to print their tickets at home or have them e ...

The Downeaster does appear to be a sound investment, according to a 2005 study commissioned by the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT).

A Downeaster train with 109 passengers aboard slammed into a trash-hauling tractor trailer at 11:05 a.m. today, killing at least one person. The driver of the truck died in the collision, said ...

DownEaster passengers were being taken off the train and loaded into multiple pickup trucks. They were then placed on school buses for transport to the nearest train station, which likely would be ...

The Downeaster will be housed and maintained in Brunswick, where the first train will head out at 4:30 a.m. and the last train will return at 3 a.m., so its impact will be nearly around the clock.