News relating to NNEPRA - primarily summaries of their board meetings.

NNEPRA Open House Shares Downeaster Planning Proposals

The NNEPRA Open House, held yesterday in Portland, successfully brought together rail advocates and the public to hear an in-depth briefing by Executive Director Patricia Quinn about proposed Downeaster service enhancements.

Topics covered:

  • Wells track improvements
  • Inbound morning service from Wells to Portland and Brunswick
  • New location for Portland train station
  • New station in West Falmouth
  • New service between Westbrook & Portland
  • Lewiston-Auburn service

Again, these are proposals that NNEPRA is actively pursuing. 

Unable to attend? Here's her presentation.

This was a well-organized gathering with color-coded dots for the attendees to express their passenger rail preferences. They gathered at tables...

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NNEPRA Open House!

NNEPRA is holding an Open House on Tuesday, October 22nd at 4:30 PM. Executive Director Patricia Quinn will brief on expansion proposals for the Downeaster. It will be held at 20 Mrytle Street in Portland. Input from attendees is encouraged.

 NNEPRA Open House

NNEPRA Annual Meeting Celebrates FY2018

The NNEPRA Annual Meeting was filled with the sweet smell of success.

FY2018
New records were set in FY18 - Ridership (7.7% more than FY17) ticket revenue (18.9% more than FY17) and passenger miles (10.7% more than FY17).

Nine months of FY18 set new ridership records.

The Downeaster maintained one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the country in FY18 at 90%.

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NNEPRA Board Meetings 14

Summaries of NNEPRA's monthly board meetings