Wells Regional Transportation Center
Wells Regional Transportation Center | |||||||||||
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_2011.jpg){kind=spacer} Wells Regional Transportation Center in 2011 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 696 Sanford Road, Wells, Maine | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°19′15″N 70°36′44″W / 43.32074°N 70.61218°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Town of Wells | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Free; about 200 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | WEM | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 15, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 57,636[1]  1.3% | ||||||||||
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Wells Regional Transportation Center is an Amtrak train station in Wells, Maine. The station sits next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
History
In 1993, the town of Wells voted to build a transportation center for intercity buses and then-planned Amtrak service.[2] Downeaster service began on December 15, 2001, with only a platform at Wells. The station building was constructed in 2002 and opened in 2003.[2]
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNERPA) plans to add 6 miles (9.7 km) of second track through Wells, which will allow an additional daily Brunswick-Wells round trip. The station will be modified with a second platform and a footbridge. In February 2020, NNERPA was awarded a $16.9 million federal grant for the project.[3]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019, State of Maine" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Wells, ME (WEM)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
- ^ "Senator Collins Announces Nearly $17 Million for Railroad That Serves the Downeaster" (Press release). Office of Senator Susan Collins. February 27, 2020.
External links
Media related to Wells Regional Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons