WCSH-TV6 • September 16, 2021
There may soon be a new way to get from Portland to Auburn, that's not by car. Advocates with the Casco Bay Trail Alliance are pushing to transform the St. Lawrence and Atlantic rail line, which hasn't been used by trains in roughly five years, into a rail trail. "It will get them out of their cars, back to nature, it's inexpensive as a way to recreate and transport one another and it's good for the health," said Sue Ellen Bordwell, president of the Casco Bay Trail Alliance. Bordwell has been leading the effort to transform the dormant rail line. The 26-mile corridor would connect Portland to Auburn by trail.