The Amtrak Downeaster train route in southern Maine will be getting a $51 million upgrade that includes automated technology to improve safety. Amtrak and CSX Transportation, in partnership with the ...

Dec. 8—The Amtrak Downeaster will receive a half million dollars under a new initiative from the Biden Administration to improve and expand passenger rail service across the country. The $500,000 in ...

The upgrades are part of a broader effort to expand and enhance Amtrak Downeaster service in southern Maine. Designed by VHB and overseen by WSP, the project is funded by the Federal Railroad ...

Crews will begin work April 1, tearing up and replacing 130,000 railroad ties along 124 miles of the Amtrak Downeaster railroad line from the Massachusetts border to Brunswick, Maine, officials said.

Amtrak passengers are excited about what the future holds in 2025 and beyond. Amtrak's trip between D.C. and Boston is about to get a serious electric upgrade in 2025 thanks to the new Acela. In ...

Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger rail service between Brunswick, Portland and Boston was included as one of 10 contract options for a new, state-of-the-art type of train cars called the Airo. The first ...