Tagged: trains

All Things Considered
12:43 pm
Fri December 16, 2011

Downeaster Train Service Turns Ten

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Downeaster train.

This week officials with Amtrak’s Downeaster marked ten years in service.

The train line between Portland, Maine and Boston includes several stops in New Hampshire. Ridership is up and there are plans to expand the service next year.

Peter Griffin is president of the New Hampshire Railroad Revitalization Association. He tells All Things Considered host Brady Carlson about the Downeaster's ten years in service.

Audio Postcard
1:46 pm
Fri December 23, 2005

Take a Trip on the Polar Express

Credit Faceless Librarian
The interior of the Polar Express is compiled with Christmas decor.

Thousands of people left New Hampshire this month on a train for the North Pole.

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