Downeaster nets $3.4M from feds
The operator of the Amtrak Downeaster passenger train has won another $3.4 million in federal money for track improvements.
The money from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority will fund upgrades to tracks between Portland and Brunswick, according to a press release from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Improvements include new railroad ties, the rehabilitation of three bridges, and the construction of overnight holding tracks for trains in Brunswick and a new siding along the line for trains to pass one another. NNEPRA is working on extending the Downeaster from Maine's largest city to Brunswick, a project expected to be complete by 2012. The project has already received $35 million from the U.S. DOT.
Earlier this month, the Downeaster won a $21 million federal grant for track improvements between Boston and Portland.
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