Passenger rail won't be coming to Bangor anytime soon

AUGUSTA, Maine — Passenger rail service from Portland to Bangor is unlikely for the foreseeable future after Gov. Janet Mills' administration issue...

April 27, 2023
9:50 AM

AUGUSTA, Maine — Passenger rail service from Portland to Bangor is unlikely for the foreseeable future after Gov. Janet Mills' administration issued two studies recommending bus expansions instead of new rail networks the state called imprudent. The opposition from the Maine Department of Transportation was motivated in part by a high cost of expanding routes and the mostly clear highways between Maine's largest cities, plus the long, bureaucratic process of adding passenger rail. But it disappointed advocates who have been perennially pushing the issue in the State House and in their communities.

Billy Kobin