Wells Regional Transportation Center | |||||||||||
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Front entrance of station building |
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Address | 696 Sanford Road Wells, ME 04090 |
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Platforms | High and low; covered and lighted | ||||||||||
Parking | Free; about 200 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||
Accessible | |||||||||||
Code | WEM | ||||||||||
Owned by | Town of Wells | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2011) | 52,728[1] 8.8% | ||||||||||
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Open 24 hours, Quik-Trak machine, ATM, pay phone, restrooms, snack and beverage vending machines, visitor information, bicycle racks
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Wells Regional Transportation Center is a train station in Wells, Maine served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and other transportation providers.
The train platforms were constructed during the summer and fall of 2001, and were improved over the next six months. The station was built during the spring and summer of 2002.
The station is served five times daily by Amtrak's Downeaster service, and sees an average of about 135 rail passengers each day, making it the second-busiest stop in Maine after Portland.[2]
The station is located next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
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