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The Downeaster is a 141-mile passenger rail service that runs from Boston to Portland, Maine and on to Brunswick, carrying over 540,000 people per year. The service began in 2001 after years of track improvements and the establishment of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority in 1995. Expansion to Brunswick was completed in 2012, though service was delayed in 2011 after a fatal collision between a Downeaster train and a tractor-trailer.
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- 1. PORTLAND, MAINE AMTRAK DOWNEASTER
- 2. WHAT IS THE DOWNEASTER... 141 MILES OF TRACK RUNNING FROM BOSTON TO PORTLAND AND ON TO BRUNSWICK THAT CARRIES OVER 540,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR FROM POINT A TO POINT B
- 3. HISTORY 1991 PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE ACT 1992 $5.4 MILLION RAIL BOND APPROVED $60,000 GRANTED TO MAINE DOT FOR PORTLAND TERMINAL 1993 $9.5 MILLION IN TRACK IMPROVEMENTS 1995 NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PASSENGER RAIL AUTHORITY(NNEPRA) 1999 SPEED LIMIT OF 79 MPH AGREED UPON DECEMBER 15, 2001 START DATE OF SERVICE FROM BOSTON TO PORTLAND
- 4. OCTOBER 2008 GROUND BROKEN FOR BRUNSWICK STATION RETAIL IN ANTICIPATION OF RAIL EXTENSION JANUARY 2010 NNEPRA RECIEVES $35 MILLION GRANT FOR EXPANSION TO BRUNSWICK SUMMER 2010 WORK BEGINS ON EXPANSION LINE MAY 2012 COMPLETION OF TRACKS AND STATIONS IN FREEPORT AND BRUNSWICK NOVEMBER 1, 2012 SERVICE TO BRUNSWICK BEGINS
- 8. PROBLEMS: JULY 2011: AMTRAK TRAIN TRAVELING 70 MPH COLLIDES WITH TRACTOR-TRAILER CARRYING TRASH KILLING THE DRIVER AND INJURYING 6 OTHERS ON THE TRAIN. SERVICES WERE DELAYED UNTIL INVESTIGATION AND CLEAN UP COULD BE COMPLETED.