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The Maine Rail-Trail Plan 2020-2030 plan calls for construction of 13 specific rail-trail projects over the next decade, and at least five more developed over the next decade.
Transportation is the most polluting economic sector in Maine, accounting for nearly 50% of the state's carbon emissions. But ...
The Maine Legislature will soon vote on LD29, a bill to approve the creation of the 26-mile-long Merrymeeting Trail. The project would turn the lower road railroad corridor into a recreational ...
Amtrak officials did not respond to multiple requests for Maine-specific information. “The map represents our vision for growing rail service and connecting new city pairs across America to rise ...
Maine’s environmental health agency is warning a rail network that it will take over cleanup efforts at the site of a train derailment that happened last weekend near Rockwood – a village that ...
Unused railroad tracks, background, veer from the main line, foreground, into the woods at Danville Junction in Auburn. The unused tracks could become part of a proposed rail-to-trail project ...
The Maine Rail Group sponsored the presentation about LD 227 "To Conduct a Feasibility Study for Extending Passenger Rail Service from Brunswick through Augusta and Waterville to Bangor." ...
Electric passenger rail service, joining all of Maine’s larger cities, with connections to the rest of the state and to Boston and Canada in the near future!