Updated April 11
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Central Maine not included in Amtrak’s 2035 vision plan. What does that mean for the future of passenger rail in the region?
Experts say future not totally bleak, even if central Maine is not part of the passenger rail giant's long-range plan.
Locomotives and boxcars in January at the Pan Am Railways yard at 55 College Ave. in Waterville.
Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel file
If passenger rail service were to return to central Maine, it would probably not be because of Amtrak’s 2035 vision plan.
Amtrak released its plan in late March after President Joe Biden unveiled his nationwide plan for investing in infrastructure — roads and bridges, communication networks, sewerage, water and electrical systems and other structures and facilities needed for society to function.