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Amtrak is progressing a wide-ranging programme of infrastructure improvements as part of its aim to become a modern passenger ...
Amtrak has revealed the current progress of almost 30 high-speed rail infrastructure projects as part of its July update on ...
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Bill Black, who owns a commercial office and warehouse building at 172 St. John St., said the concept plan pitched by Amtrak Downeaster officials would require a lot more of his land than he's ...
Amtrak issued an apology after 110 passengers were left stranded at Washington's Union Station after their boarding gate was never opened. "On Dec. 26, Amtrak train 66 traveling from Roanoke, Va ...
The Amtrak Downeaster train has reached a milestone of 10 million riders since its inaugural trip in 2001, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority said Thursday. To mark the occasion ...
There have been past recent deaths by suicide on local train tracks involving the Amtrak Downeaster, including one in 2022 in Exeter and one in Durham in 2023. This story will be updated.
Most Amtrak stations on the Brunswick to Boston Downeaster line are not staffed and riders must by tickets online or via a kiosk, like this one in the Brunswick, Maine, visitor center.
Purchasing impromptu Downeaster tickets from Boston to Maine was easy (and affordable) on the Amtrak website. I booked three seats for $53 each, a steal compared with gas and rental-car fees that ...