I would like to open this new thread for consolidated discussion of the history of railroad passenger stations in Portland Maine. Over the years Portland has had several railroad passenger stations. Although separately they do not seem to merit separate threads of their own as a group they bring together several different strains of New England railroading history.
Union Station: Maine Central (MEC), Boston & Maine (B&M), Portland and Ogdensburg (P&O)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_( ... on_Station
India Street Station: Grand Trunk (GT)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_( ... on_Station
Portland Transportation Center: Amtrak (AMTK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_ ... k_station)
Photo: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/272 ... 3341ba.jpg
Commerical Street Station: Eastern Railroad (ERR) Boston & Maine (B&M)
Preble Street Station: Portland, Saco & Portsmouth (PS&P)
http://tinyurl.com/mll3fv Go to page 38 for illustration. [Note: I may have incorrectly attributed this illustration as 'Preble Street' instead of 'Commerical Street', please post the correct location and I'll make an edit to this post]
Useful "Guide Book for Portland and Vicinity", published by Hon. Wm. Willis, 1859, Portland, Maine."
http://www.archive.org/stream/guidebook ... l_djvu.txt
I have been unable to locate photographs or other evidence of the Commerical Street station and delayed posting this topic as a result. If anyone can find photos or other material related to this early Portland railroad station that would be appreciated.
If anyone does find photos or useful websites of the Commerical Street station I would like to add these citations to this first post and will credit the finding user.
Additionally there was recent discussion by Ms. Patricia Quinn of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority of building a new passenger station in downtown Portland, possibly on Commerical Street at the International Marine Terminal.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story ... 1&ac=PHnws
Union Station: Maine Central (MEC), Boston & Maine (B&M), Portland and Ogdensburg (P&O)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_( ... on_Station
India Street Station: Grand Trunk (GT)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_( ... on_Station
Portland Transportation Center: Amtrak (AMTK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_ ... k_station)
Photo: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/272 ... 3341ba.jpg
Commerical Street Station: Eastern Railroad (ERR) Boston & Maine (B&M)
Preble Street Station: Portland, Saco & Portsmouth (PS&P)
http://tinyurl.com/mll3fv Go to page 38 for illustration. [Note: I may have incorrectly attributed this illustration as 'Preble Street' instead of 'Commerical Street', please post the correct location and I'll make an edit to this post]
Useful "Guide Book for Portland and Vicinity", published by Hon. Wm. Willis, 1859, Portland, Maine."
http://www.archive.org/stream/guidebook ... l_djvu.txt
I have been unable to locate photographs or other evidence of the Commerical Street station and delayed posting this topic as a result. If anyone can find photos or other material related to this early Portland railroad station that would be appreciated.
If anyone does find photos or useful websites of the Commerical Street station I would like to add these citations to this first post and will credit the finding user.
Additionally there was recent discussion by Ms. Patricia Quinn of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority of building a new passenger station in downtown Portland, possibly on Commerical Street at the International Marine Terminal.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story ... 1&ac=PHnws
EDITOR'S NOTE
Downtown Downeaster in Portland?
Councilors pitch the idea of an Amtrak train that would roll into the city's western waterfront area.
By TOM BELL, Staff Writer
April 14, 2009
PORTLAND — Could Amtrak trains one day roll into the city's western waterfront area and drop off passengers within walking distance of the Old Port?
The idea is feasible, say some city councilors, who are pitching it as a way to improve the city's transportation links and foster development on vacant land near the Casco Bay Bridge, possibly generating millions of dollars in tax revenue for Portland.
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