Portland Transportation Center

Portland Transportation Center

Sign at the entrance to the Portland Transportation Center
Station statistics
Address 100 Thompson's Point Road
Portland, ME 04102
Lines
  Downeaster
Connections Greater Portland Metro Bus, Greater Portland Transit District, Concord Coach Lines, Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), private taxis
Platforms 1 (Elevated, covered, lit)
Tracks 2 (excluding storage tracks)
Parking Yes: $4.00 per day with train/bus receipt, $6.00 per day without receipt[1]
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 1996 (bus station)
Rebuilt 2001 (train station)
Accessible
Code POR
Owned by Concord Coach Lines
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 208,979[2]  16%
Services
Ticket agent, Quik-Trak machine, ATM, complimentary coffee, Wi-Fi, visitor information, payphones, restrooms, vending machines
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Downeaster Terminus
Downeaster
Proposed
toward Brunswick

Portland Transportation Center is a bus and train station in Portland, Maine, served and run primarily by Concord Coach Lines (18 round-trips a day)[3] and Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains (five round-trips a day).[4] It is also served by Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), as well as the Greater Portland Metro Bus, which serves four communities in Maine. The station is open from 4:30 AM to 12:15 AM and from 2:45 AM to 3:15 AM.[1]

On average, nearly 500 passengers boarded or detrained Amtrak services daily at Portland in fiscal year 2010, making it the most popular Amtrak station in Maine.[5]

Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood,[6] about a half mile west of the former Portland Union Station. It is located next to Pan Am Railways' Mountain Branch, formerly the Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad.

References

  1. ^ a b "Concord Coach Lines: Agency Information for Portland, Maine". Concord Coach Lines. http://www.concordcoachlines.com/maine/portland.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Portland, ME (POR)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstatIons.com/Stations/POR. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Portland, ME to Boston & Logan Airport". Concord Coach Lines. 12 September 2010. http://www.concordcoachlines.com/portland-to-boston.html. Retrieved 30 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Full Schedule | Amtrak Downeaster
  5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Maine" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MAINE10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  6. ^ Deans, Emma (8 July 2010). "Welcome to Nowhere | Reconnecting an amputated neighborhood". The Bollard. http://www.thebollard.com/bollard/?p=7612. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 

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