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#21 CNJRoss

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Posted 25 July 2016 - 01:36 PM

Why are they picking on the poor Downeaster? 

 

Answer: Democratic Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, of Brunswick

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Posted 11 October 2016 - 01:55 PM

Trainriders Northeast, 10/8:

 
Public Hearing on OPEGA's Review of NNEPRA

The public hearing of the Maine Government Oversight Committee was held on October 6th, in Augusta. The purpose was to allow public comments on the recent Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability's (OPEGA) review of NNEPRA's financial and operational administration of the Amtrak Downeaster. Those who were displeased that the report failed to find fault with NNEPRA management, refocused their attention from trying to prevent the construction of the Brunswick Layover Facility to requesting further investigation of the decisions of NNEPA Executive Director Patricia Quinn as well as the board itself. Ms. Quinn, TrainRiders/NE Counsel F. Bruce Sleeper and an impassioned Board Chairman Martin Eisenstein returned the fire. Here's a sampling of the hearing.

 

Video:  Public Comments before the Government Oversight Committee on OPEGA Report on NNEPRA

 

 

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Posted 17 October 2016 - 09:20 PM

Trainriders Northeast:

 

A Weekend to Remember

Published on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 00:12  

 

Here's the invitation you've been waiting for - Open House on Saturday at the Brunswick Layover Facility! It's a spectacular facility - one of a kind. It was completed for NNEPRA and the Amtrak Downeaster in less than a year by Consigli Construction, after three years of legal wrangling initiated by the adjoining neighborhood. Each challenge was rejected along the way by federal and state regulators. When you visit the BLF, you'll appreciate the care that went into the construction and the positive impact it will have on passenger rail service in Maine.

 

 

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Posted 21 October 2016 - 11:46 AM

Maine Public Radio, 10/21/16:


 

Train Layover Facility to be Unveiled

 

The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority will unveil a new layover facility in Brunswick this weekend that will service Amtrak Downeaster trains overnight.

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Posted 12 November 2016 - 02:11 PM

Portland (ME) Press Herald, 10/21:
 

Downeaster’s $13 million layover facility in Brunswick ready to roll

 

The long-awaited and much-debated shed will allow the rail authority to service trains overnight and add a third daily run between Brunswick and Boston.

 

 

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Jim Russell of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority gives a tour of the new train shed in Brunswick on Thursday. Longer than two football fields, it will become fully operational Nov. 21. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer

 

The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority will finally unveil its new train layover facility in Brunswick this weekend, more than five years after it first proposed the project to improve service on the Amtrak Downeaster.

 

The 60,000-square-foot facility, which is longer than two football fields, will allow the rail authority to begin the overnight servicing of Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains starting in November.

 

Tucked between a quiet residential neighborhood to the south and the congestion that clogs traffic on Pleasant Street to the north, the facility is barely noticeable.

 

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