Downeaster train ridership bounces back to near-2019 levels

MAINE PUBLIC • June 29, 2022

So far this month, Downeaster passenger trains are carrying 94% as many riders as in June 2019, before the pandemic. The executive director of Maine's passenger rail authority, Patricia Quinn, says June will likely be the best month for ridership since the start of the pandemic. June 1 also marked a change, as CSX took control of the tracks in Maine and New Hampshire from Pan Am Railways on that date.