Can’t get there from here? We’ve heard that before.
Mainers lack transportation choices.
State and local efforts are underway to expand passenger rail to Lewiston/Auburn. Reconstruction of this connection sets the stage for international passenger train service to Canada—linking Boston to Montreal through Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, and Bethel in Maine's western mountains.
But to make this happen we need to build political will. We need allies: future passengers like our seniors who need transit alternatives, environmentalists who understand the devastation caused by auto emissions, and supporters of transit in Maine. We need you.
It's Train Time.
SUPPORT PASSENGER RAIL TO L/A?
A Project of:
The Maine Rail Transit Coalition
(MRTC)
EXPANDING RAIL WILL:
✓ Revitalize Town Centers
✓ Access to Workforce Housing
✓ Achieve Carbon Neutrality
✓ Reduce Congestion
✓ Provide needed transit options for our seniors, transit- savvy younger residents, & tourists
✓ Invest in Maine's clean transit future
✓ Utilize existing state-owned transportation assets
✓ Expands Aging in Place options
Trains in Maine
Rail News
October 21, 2019
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), created by the legislature for the purpose of restoring and expanding passenger rail service to and throughout the State of Maine has recently determined that the time has come for expanding to a commuter rail service, beginning with initiating the State Plan for trains to the commuter towns north and west of Portland.