An afternoon at Maine’s Old Orchard Beach or a number of other New England spots this season without the hassle of tolls, traffic, and parking are just a train ride away on the Amtrak Downeaster.

The idea of state-subsidized passenger train service between Boston and Portland was controversial in the 1990s, when critics feared it would be a big waste of Maine taxpayers’ money. Now the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - More people rode Amtrak trains in the last fiscal year than any year on record, but ridership on the Downeaster between Maine and Boston was down. In a report released Tuesday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 6—Passengers on the Amtrak Downeaster rail service, which runs between Brunswick and Boston, will soon have to abstain from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amtrak will deploy its new Airo train seen here sometime between 2026 and 2031 on the Downeaster line that runs through New ...

There's something special about taking a train ride. Maybe it's the feeling of being leisurely transported to a distant city — or the scenic views you can only get from an expansive train window.

Rail service between Boston and Brunswick is expected to expand as soon as November, provided a critical rail project is completed on time. The Downeaster expects to make five round trips per day on ...

The Amtrak Downeaster, shown in Freeport in 2021, takes passengers 145 miles from Brunswick to Boston, passing through 35 miles of New Hampshire along the way. The train includes a cafe car that ...

The Amtrak Downeaster train began service on Dec. 15, 2001. Fifteen years later, the train, which services riders from Boston to Brunswick, Maine, sees more people turning to the railroad tracks for ...