Downeaster trains travel between Boston and Brunswick multiple times each day with stops in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The entire route takes about 3.5 hours, although most passengers use the Downeaster for business commutes or day or weekend trips to specific locations. While on board, you can use the free WiFi and visit the café car. Summer and fall are recommended times to ride in order to enjoy warm weather, beaches and fall foliage.

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Things to Know

• Business class seating is available.
• Day trips are an option on this route.
• Trains arrive and depart from Boston’s North Station.
• A dome car is sometimes added to Downeaster trains in the fall for viewing the foliage.

Schedule Highlights

• There are multiple trains to choose from each day.
• Commute time between Portland and Boston is about 2.5 hours.
• You can travel between Boston and the first Maine stop (Wells) in less than 2 hours.

View current schedules on AmtrakDowneaster.com.

Popular Stops

• Boston
• Wells
• Old Orchard Beach
• Portland (Maine)

Stations

• Brunswick, ME (BRK)
• Freeport, ME (FRE)
• Portland, ME (POR)
• Old Orchard Beach, ME (ORB)
• Saco, ME (SAO)
• Wells, ME (WEM)
• Dover, NH (DOV)
• Durham, NH (DHM)
• Exeter, NH (EXR)
• Haverhill, MA (HHL)
• Woburn, MA (WOB)
• Boston, MA – North Station (BON)

More Information

• Amtrak trips to Maine
• 5 best fall train trips on Amtrak
• 10 best Amtrak trips on the East Coast

Top photo credit: MBTafan2011/Wikimedia (Downeaster train in Massachusetts)