Maine Passenger Rail Advisory Council
The Passenger Rail Advisory Council has been formed at the request of the Standing Committee on Transportation of the 126th Maine Legislature and is co-chaired by the Maine Department of Transportation and the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority.
The Council will work to develop an understanding of the relationship between the operational, capital and financial structure of passenger and freight railroad operations in Maine; to develop criteria for evaluating rail projects; and to prioritize current and future investments in passenger rail service as appropriate between the major economic and population centers of this state.
- The meeting originally scheduled for February 10, 2016 has been canceled. The next scheduled meeting is To Be Determined.
- 10/13/2015
- Pem Schaeffer Powerpoint Presentation re: Downeaster/Brunswick (PowerPoint)
- Meeting Agenda (Word)
- 12/10/2014
- Agenda (Word) (PDF)
- Federal Railroad Administration Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)
- FTA Rail Funding Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)
- 10/08/2014: MaineDOT Main Conference Room, Augusta, Maine
- 06/11/2014: MaineDOT Main Conference Room, Augusta, Maine
- 05/14/2014: MaineDOT Main Conference Room, Augusta, Maine
- 04/09/14: MaineDOT Main Conference Room, Augusta, Maine
- 03/12/14: PowerPoint Presentation
- Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)