Northern New England Corridor

Major Cities: Portland, Boston, Montreal

Overview: With Boston as its hub, the Northern New England Corridor would serve destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Canadian province of Quebec. The corridor currently includes routes from Boston to (a) Portland, Maine; (b) Montreal, Canada; and (c) Albany, New York, via Springfield, Massachusetts, with an extension from Springfield to New Haven, Connecticut. Frequent passenger service currently links Boston with Portland, and New Haven with Springfield. Less-frequent service connects Boston with Springfield and Albany; there are no passenger trains today between Boston and Montreal. The States of New Hampshire and Maine have worked with the host Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Railroad) to upgrade the Boston - Portland line over which Amtrak's Downeaster operates. There have been some studies of the Boston–New Hampshire–Vermont–Montréal spoke.

Status: Modest upgrades to track in the Portland terminal are to be funded by an FY 2008 FRA capital grant to the State for intercity passenger rail investment.