The STB announced that it would schedule a hearing in Maine before the end of May to address the application by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to abandon 233 miles of rail line in Aroostook and Penobscot counties.

Senator Collins had requested of DOT Sec. LaHood last week that his department examine how, working with the state, it could prevent the loss of this important freight transportation link. (See earlier article on this website).

The date and location have yet to be identified. Here's the press release.