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Maine passenger train ridership rebounds as pandemic restrictions ease
Ridership on the Downeaster is expected to break 20,000 this month, a level not seen since COVID-19 hit.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette / Portland Press Herald
With summer full-steam ahead and pandemic restrictions easing, the Downeaster Boston-to-Brunswick passenger rail service is steadily inching toward pre-pandemic norms.
According to Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority Executive Director Patricia Quinn, ridership for June 2021 will exceed 25,000 passengers. For comparison, June 2020 a summer season hobbled by the pandemic saw just 768 riders, a sharp decrease from the 48,284 riders in June of 2019.
“We’ve come back a long way,” Quinn said. “We’re at 54% of where we were and are very confident that we’re going to have a good summer and be in good shape going into the fall.”
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