Downeaster (train)
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The Downeaster is a 145-mile (233 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak and managed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), an agency of the state of Maine. Named for the Down East region of Maine, the train operates five daily round trips between North Station in Boston, Massachusetts, and Brunswick, Maine, with ten intermediate stops.
A Downeaster train travelling through Scarborough Marsh in 2002
A Downeaster special train at Brunswick Maine Street Station in June 2012, five months before the start of service
The maintenance facility under construction in July 2016
A typical Downeaster consists of 4 coaches, a business/café car and a Non-Powered Control Unit, drawn by a GE Genesis P42
Union Station was a train station in the Libbytown neighborhood of Portland, Maine, which operated from 1888 to 1960. It was demolished in 1961 and is now the site of a strip mall.
Union Station, c. 1909