Er. No. Bangor doesn't have a passenger train service. I think.
Hang on.
Nope. No passenger train. I can catch a bus and take it to. . .looks like Portland, and grab the Downeaster there.
The problem is that there used to be passenger train service all over Maine. They were shut down for Reasons back. . .20 years ago, I guess, and the track beds made into trails. Then people noticed that maybe that had been Kind Of Stupid, and they've been slowly bringing passenger trains back into the state. Right now, the Downeaster berths in Portland. The northernmost year-round station is in Brunswick (the train leaves Portland, runs UP to Brunswick, picks up passengers, goes down to Portland, picks up passengers and proceeds downcoast. Terminus is Boston North Station, where the Downeaster is the only Amtrak train to berth. If you want to continue on from Boston, you need to take a (frequently harrowing) taxi ride to Boston SOUTH Station and go from there.
It's really kind of hard to get out of state. Mostly what Steve and I have been doing, when we need to travel, is drive to Albany-Rensselaer, and starting from there. Right now, we're 2.5 hours from the New Hampshire border. Moving to Bangor would add another hour, at least.
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Re: where to move
Date: 2014-06-24 06:17 pm (UTC)Hang on.
Nope. No passenger train. I can catch a bus and take it to. . .looks like Portland, and grab the Downeaster there.
The problem is that there used to be passenger train service all over Maine. They were shut down for Reasons back. . .20 years ago, I guess, and the track beds made into trails. Then people noticed that maybe that had been Kind Of Stupid, and they've been slowly bringing passenger trains back into the state. Right now, the Downeaster berths in Portland. The northernmost year-round station is in Brunswick (the train leaves Portland, runs UP to Brunswick, picks up passengers, goes down to Portland, picks up passengers and proceeds downcoast. Terminus is Boston North Station, where the Downeaster is the only Amtrak train to berth. If you want to continue on from Boston, you need to take a (frequently harrowing) taxi ride to Boston SOUTH Station and go from there.
It's really kind of hard to get out of state. Mostly what Steve and I have been doing, when we need to travel, is drive to Albany-Rensselaer, and starting from there. Right now, we're 2.5 hours from the New Hampshire border. Moving to Bangor would add another hour, at least.
It's too bad; I like Bangor.