Portland Transportation Center

{{Short description|Railway station in Maine, United States}} {{distinguish|text="transit centers" in Portland, Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox station | name = Portland Transportation Center | style = Amtrak | image = Portland Transportation Center.jpg | image_caption = Portland Transportation Center in 2024 | address = 100 Thompson's Point Road | borough = Portland, Maine | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|43|39|13|N|70|17|28|W|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | owned = Concord Coach Lines | line = PAR Mountain Branch | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} Concord Coach Lines | {{bus icon}} Greater Portland Metro Bus: 1, BREEZ }} | platform = 1 side platform | tracks = 2 (excluding storage tracks) | parking = | bicycle = Yes | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Portland, ME}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationME}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}} | opened = 1996 (bus station) | rebuilt = 2001 (train station) | accessible = Yes | code = {{Amtrak code|POR}} | zone = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak|line=Downeaster|left=Old Orchard Beach|right=Freeport}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}} }}

'''Portland Transportation Center''' is a bus and train station in Portland, Maine, United States, served and run primarily by Concord Coach Lines (18 round-trips a day)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concordcoachlines.com/portland-to-boston.html|title=Portland, ME to Boston & Logan Airport|publisher=Concord Coach Lines|date=September 12, 2010|accessdate=October 30, 2010|archive-date=October 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020115436/http://concordcoachlines.com/portland-to-boston.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Amtrak ''Downeaster'' passenger trains (five round-trips a day).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amtrakdowneaster.com/schedule/full |title=Full Schedule {{!}} Amtrak Downeaster |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712143909/http://www.amtrakdowneaster.com/schedule/full |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is also served by Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), as well as the Greater Portland Metro route 1 and BREEZ bus services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Route Maps |url=https://gpmetro.org/188/Transit-Guide-Map |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=Greater Portland Metro Bus}}</ref> The station is open from 4:30 AM to 12:15 AM and from 2:45 AM to 3:15 AM.<ref name=cclinfo>{{cite web|title=Concord Coach Lines: Agency Information for Portland, Maine|url=http://www.concordcoachlines.com/maine/portland.html|work=Concord Coach Lines|accessdate=July 30, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810195543/http://www.concordcoachlines.com/maine/portland.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood,<ref name="libbytown">{{cite news|last=Deans|first=Emma|title=Welcome to Nowhere {{!}} Reconnecting an amputated neighborhood|url=http://www.thebollard.com/bollard/?p=7612|accessdate=July 12, 2010|newspaper=The Bollard|date=July 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731053913/http://www.thebollard.com/bollard/?p=7612|archivedate=July 31, 2010}}</ref> about a half mile west of the former site of Portland Union Station. It is located next to Pan Am Railways' Mountain Branch, formerly the Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad.

In 2019, the NNERPA Board (which governs the ''Downeaster'' service) supported a proposal to relocate the station to the mainline to avoid time-consuming backup moves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainridersne.org/index.php |title=Portland Station Relocation Project |publisher=TrainRiders/Northeast |date=April 12, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414032702/http://www.trainridersne.org/index.php |archivedate=April 14, 2019}}</ref> A two-year study by the Maine Department of Transportation endorsed moving Amtrak service from this station to a location near Portland's original Union Station, on St. John Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/report-recommends-relocating-amtrak-downeaster-station/35635283 |title=Report recommends relocating Amtrak Downeaster station |publisher=WMTW |date=February 25, 2021 |accessdate=March 2, 2021}}</ref> A 2024 Amtrak study identified three potential locations: between Congress Street and Park Avenue, the Union Station site, and near Mercy Hospital south of the Mountain Branch junction.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/25/planners-identify-3-possible-sites-for-new-train-station-in-portland/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426025250/https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/25/planners-identify-3-possible-sites-for-new-train-station-in-portland/ |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |date=April 25, 2024 |newspaper=Portland Press Herald |first=Stephen |last=Singer |title=Amtrak planners identify 3 possible sites for new train station in Portland}}</ref>

== See also ==

* Public transportation in Maine {{clear-left}}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} {{Amtrak web|POR|Portland, ME}} *[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/portlandme.htm Portland Amtrak Station & Transportation Center (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]

Category:Amtrak stations in Maine Category:Transit centers in the United States Category:Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001 Category:Bus stations in Maine Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Portland, Maine Category:2001 establishments in Maine