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Union Station was a train station in Portland, Maine.
Union Station | ||||||||||||||
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 Union Station, c. 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | St. John Street, Portland, Maine | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43.6522°N 70.2804°W | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | Boston and Maine Railroad Maine Central Railroad | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 25, 1888 | |||||||||||||
| Closed | October 30, 1960 | |||||||||||||
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| August 31, 1961 | demolished | |||||||||||||
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History
The building was opened on June 25, 1888, serving trains of the Boston and Maine, Maine Central and Portland and Ogdensburg railroads.[1] Designed by Boston architects Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell, it was inspired by the designs of medieval French châteaux.[2] It was a primarily granite building, with a 188 foot (57 m) clock tower.[2] Despite its 'union station' name, the Grand Trunk Railway used a different station two miles away.[3]
The Maine Central ended passenger rail service to the station in September 1960, and it closed on October 30 when the Boston and Maine moved its remaining trains out of the facility.[4] On August 31, 1961, the train station was demolished, and a strip mall built on the property.[4] Nevertheless, the Boston and Maine continued multiple daily trains from Portland itself to Boston until 1965.[5][6]
Passenger trains
Noteworthy trains into the 1950s and in some cases to 1960:[7][8]
- Boston and Maine:
- East Wind (Portland-Washington, DC) (summer only)
- State of Maine (Portland-New York City)
- Boston and Maine and Maine Central Railroad
- Bar Harbor Express (Ellsworth-Washington, DC) (summer only):
- Flying Yankee (Bangor-Boston, via Lewiston)
- Gull (Halifax-Boston via Lewiston)
- Penobscot (Bangor-Boston via Augusta)
- Pine Tree (Bangor-Boston via Augusta)
- Maine Central Railroad:
- unnamed trains to Bangor via Lewiston, to Bangor via Augusta, to Rockland, to Calais via Ellsworth, to Farmington, to Montreal via North Conway
A proposal to relocate Amtrak's Downeaster service from the Portland Transportation Center to a location near Union Station's original location has been endorsed by the Maine Department of Transportation.[9]
References
- "Union Station, Portland, ca. 1900". Maine Historical Society. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- "From the dust of Union Station,Portland preservation arose". Portland Press Herald. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 91 (3). September 1955.
- Holland, Kevin (2004). Passenger Trains of Northern New England in the Streamline Era. Lynchburg, VA: TLC Publishing. ISBN 1-883089-69-7.
- Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. ISBN 9780685412947.
- "Boston and Maine Railroad, Table 6". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 97 (7). December 1964.
- "Boston & Maine Railroad, Tables 3, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 91 (3). September 1955.
- "Maine Central Railroad, Tables 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 91 (3). September 1955.
- "Report recommends relocating Amtrak Downeaster station". WMTW. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
External links
Media related to Union Station (Portland, Maine) at Wikimedia Commons
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