Cumberland, Maine
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Cumberland is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,473 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland metropolitan area, Maine. Cumberland is one of the wealthiest municipalities in the state.
The former Morrison Hill station of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban, which served Cumberland from 1915 to 1933. The station is now located at Seashore Trolley Museum.
Portland–Lewiston Interurban
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The Portland–Lewiston Interurban (PLI) was an electric railroad subsidiary of the Androscoggin Electric Company operating from 1914 to 1933 between Monument Square in Portland and Union Square in Lewiston, Maine. Hourly service was offered over the 40-mile (64 km) route between the two cities. Express trains stopping only at West Falmouth, Gray, New Gloucester, Upper Gloucester and Danville made the trip in 80 minutes, while trains making other local stops upon request required 20 minutes more. The line was considered the finest interurban railroad in the state of Maine.
The former Lewiston Terminal, photographed in 2017
Typical tangent track on the line
Car #12, the Gladiolus, in 1915
The combined substation and passenger station at Gray in 1915