Bring the Downeaster to Bangor

02/22/2025

Come testify (or Zoom in) for LD 487! Anyone can testify in writing and/or person if you follow the directions below!

Thank you!

02/11/2024

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/02/10/opinion-portland-bangor-amtrak-rail-is-a-win-win-for-maine-2/

This is a great editorial from Bangor City Council member Joe Leonard!

Multi-modal transportation will be good for our environment, economy and society as a whole.

02/04/2024

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/02/03/opinion/letters/letter-passenger-rail-bangor/

Great argument to extend the Downeaster to Bangor! Thank you, Kate Tuck!

"Is the state afraid of losing toll money from the highway?"

01/29/2023

Read the article, take the poll. Support the expansion, let's go! The feasibility study comes out in February.

The proposal would extend Amtrak Downeaster service to Bangor, Augusta and Lewiston.

06/08/2022

This Saturday! Don't forget to register!

Join the Maine Rail Group for a fun family outing on the Belfast and Moosehead Railway, Saturday, June 11th. Explore the train yard and learn about efforts to extend Amtrak to Bangor! To purchase and reserve tickets please go to: https://www.mainerailgroup.org

Maine Rail Group Bring the Downeaster to Bangor

05/10/2022

Imagine Acadia National Park car free…support bringing passenger rail to Bangor with direct bus service
with the Island Express bus. Reduce the amount of cars that bring the 4.1 million tourists to
Bar Harbor every year. For more information go to: https://mainerailgroup.org/bangor
Maine Rail Group Bring the Downeaster to Bangor

03/23/2022

Maine State Rail Plan meeting tonight at 6pm! Join us and be heard!

MaineDOT is pleased to be able to provide on-demand virtual meetings. These meetings will be in place of in-person meetings and will consist of on-demand video presentations and other documentation describing the project. We see this as a safe way of obtaining your input and comments, and we hope yo...

03/12/2022

Hey everyone,
A big favor to ask of you all! We are joining forces with Maine Rail Group, a 501(c)(3) group to help expand passenger rail into Maine, eventually to Bangor and beyond! Please visit their facebook site Maine Rail Group and like and share it. I've also included their website here as well. We will still be posting here but Maine Rail Group will become very active with an Instragram site as well. Happy Friday, and thanks for the support!!

Sincerely,
BTDTB (Bring the Downeaster to Bangor)

03/10/2022

Take an online poll - there is a groundswell of support!

https://929theticket.com/would-you-travel-from-bangor-to-boston-by-train-poll/?fbclid=IwAR3EspDHSFdwE2J4xnwtRzXQ8359acq1sQKvWccsUG3OKKCaOWo8XrlVutU

If you've ever hopped on a train in southern Maine for the purpose of heading to The Garden to watch the Celtics/Bruins or Fenway Park to catch a Sox game, than you know there are few easier forms of transportation.