The state desperately needs both rail and trail. Pitting these modes against each other will only undermine them both.

The new platform, along with the added track capacity, will support an additional Downeaster train that will operate between ...

Narrowly defeated last year, rail advocates have returned with refreshed legislation aimed at restoring passenger service from Portland to Bangor.

Opponents of the proposal to create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along the route say the tracks should stay in ...

The museum's Maine Central Railroad model building holds a large-scale model of the Maine Central Railroad. At one point, the railroad was the longest railroad in New England. The museum's ...

Authorities say train burglaries have increased over the past two years, specifically targeting BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) Railway trains. The latest wave of robberies was first reported by ...

Class III Eastern Maine Railway Company (EMR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire approximately 36.57 miles of main line and nine miles of branch line in Maine ...

Mariya Greeley Located about 1.5 miles from the Portland Museum of Art, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. and Museum teaches travelers about train preservation and Maine's narrow gauge railway ...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Maine Central Model Railroad building is now open year-round. Stop by to visit this new exhibit Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 ...

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. AUBURN — Maine lawmakers are under growing pressure to yank up the state-owned railroad tracks between Auburn and Portland and create a 26-mile bicycle ...

In an unconvincing testimony on rail expansion in 2023, the Maine Department of Transportation estimated a cost of between $375 million and $903 million in capital costs, plus an annual subsidy ...