Amtrak Downeaster - Popular Train in Maine

The Amtrak Downeaster runs from Boston to towns and cities along the coast of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine ending in Portland, Maine. The stops include Portland, Old Orchard Beach, Saco, Wells, Dover, Durham - UNH, Exeter, Haverhill, Woburn, and Boston. Although popular with its riders and a boom to the tourism trade of Maine, it has a rough road ahead in the next few years if additional sources of funding do not materialize. Currently it operates at a loss and federal aid for the railway is due to go away. Read more in the Christian Science Monitor article of December 24, 2007 entitled "Amtrak Downeaster: Successful Train Faces Uncertain Future". View photos of the Amtrak Downeaster. Other news reports about the Downeaster include "Amtrak's Downeaster celebrates fifth-year anniversary", USA Today, Dec 15, 2006; "It's time to pay the Downeaster's ticket", Portland Press Herald editorial, Dec 22, 2007; "Who should fund Downeaster", Portland Press Herald editorial, Dec 21, 2007; and "Amtrak riders up; aid may follow", Boston.com, Dec 18, 2007.