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• Downeaster's 8th Anniversary Praised in NH's Union Leader Article

  Created: Sunday, 27 December 2009 05:26 Author: TRN Webmaster

  {jcomments on}Eight years and counting and by any measurement the Downeaster remains an unparalleled success story. The Union Leader article features NNEPRA's Executive Director Patricia Quinn who provides ridership statistics, regional and state rail o...

• Exeter Celebrates Downeaster's 8th and Their 500,000th Rider

  Created: Thursday, 17 December 2009 10:27 Author: TRN Webmaster

  {jcomments on}Who would have thought - a half million passengers through the Exeter station in the eight years of Downeaster service! And the Exeter Station Committee, under the leadership of long-time TrainRiders/NE board member Bob Hall, has filed an a...

• New Portland Station in State Rail Plan?

  Created: Sunday, 13 December 2009 20:48 Author: TRN Webmaster

  The first draft of the Maine State Rail Plan included a surprise recommendation that Portland search for an alternative downtown station/platform location for commuter trains coming from other parts of the state. The MeDOT found that the Portland Transp...

• Downeaster Awaits Stimulus Money Decision from DC

  Created: Sunday, 13 December 2009 19:47 Author: TRN Webmaster

  {jcomments on}The AP filed a story that is bouncing around the world, from Malaysia to Miami to Portland. It's great to see our passenger train service garner worldwide attention.  The headline reads: "Amtrak's Downeaster hopes to tap stimulus ...

• Brunswick Station is Waiting for the Downeaster

  Created: Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:33 Author: TRN Webmaster

  {jcomments on}It’s looking good – the station, that is. NNEPRA is still awaiting a Washington decision to provide some $35 million in track & signal improvement money to expand the Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick.Word has it that t...