NNEPRA Board Meeting - Downeaster Performance Report

• Actual August, 2011 - 50,825
• Actual August, 2010 - 48,841
• FY2012 Year to date - 101,904
• FY2011 Year to date -   96,014

August 2011 City Pair Ridership

• Portland-Boston 16,459 or 32% of total
• Exeter- Boston 7,016 or 14% of total
• Durham-Boston 2,457 or 5% of total
• Wells-Boston 5,583 or 11% of total
• Saco-Boston 3,576 or 7% of total
• Dover-Boston 3,859 or 8% of total
• Haverhill-Boston 1,975 or 4% of total
• Boston-OOBeach 2,607 or 5% of total

On Time Performance overall = 43.40% The tragic North Berwick accident reduced speed to 10 mph for several miles for several weeks.

Downeaster Extension 

• Nearly all the CWR has been installed
• Welding is underway - 128 welds out of 300 or so have been done to date will continue as weather permits
• 31,300 ties are being replaced - began Sept 20th - will finish this year - 8000 installed to date - (12 to 15 hundred per day is possible)
• Lowlevel portion of Freeport platforms concrete poured, High Level pilings installed.  36 crossings between Portland and Brunswick  - 23 completed
• 23 culvert replacements underway - 9 done to date and 2 of 3 original stone arch supports are being restored.  Will work as weather permits and finish next spring
• AND Startup of service to Freeport and Brunswick projected for November 2012