Amtrak's Downeaster hopes to tap stimulus money

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sun, 12/13/2009 - 11:36

The operator of Amtrak's Downeaster is optimistic that up to $39 million in federal stimulus money will be awarded for a long-awaited expansion of the Boston-to-Portland passenger rail service farther north to Freeport and Brunswick.


 

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