Wayne Davis Honored with Governor's Tourism Award.
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- Created: 04 May 2024 04 May 2024
The last week in April was a banner period for Wayne Davis and TrainRiders/Northeast! We had our 35th Annual Meeting in Freeport, which included addresses from the Amtrak president, NNEPRA's Executive Director, Conway Scenic Railroad's president, UNH Special Projects Director, and Miss Maine!
Wayne's Governor's Award honored his personal dedication to customer service. It was his vision that resulted in the creation of the Amtrak Downeaster. Below is the video shown to hundreds of attendees at the Governor's Tourism Welcome Awards in Portland - honoring his and several other organizations/companies' hospitable approach to tourism in Maine.
Our Washington delegation - Senators Collins, King and Representative Pingree added their congratulations.
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The 35th TrainRiders/NE Annual Meeting in Freeport Was An Impressive Event!
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- Created: 28 March 2024 28 March 2024
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Patricia Quinn of NNEPRA Calls 2023 "Phenomenal!"
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- Created: 30 December 2023 30 December 2023
We're used to good news when it comes to the Amtrak Downeaster. Still, the ridership numbers for 2023 set new records causing Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA's Executive Director, to label the past twelve months as "Phenominal!"
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In an interview with Maine PBS, Ms. Quinn celebrated the ridership numbers and the $27 million federal grant to improve the trackage between Brunswick to Boston. CSX owns the right of way and will partner with NNEPRA to implement the grant.
Ms. Quinn also listed the agency's goals in 2024.
- Pursuing additional grants to plan a new Portland Station.
- Implementation of 'Positive Train Control' which will allow increased frequency of train service.
- Examine increasing service from 5 to 8 roundtrips per day eventually.
- Continue work on the double tracking at Wells and the addition of a northbound platform.
- A pilot project of service between Brunswick and Rockland this summer.
The full interview can be viewed at Maine PBS.