Portland Transportation Center

Portland Transportation Center
Pictured in 2026
General information
Location100 Thompson's Point Road
Portland, Maine
United States
Coordinates43°39′13″N 70°17′28″W / 43.65361°N 70.29111°W / 43.65361; -70.29111
OwnerConcord Coach Lines
LinePAR Mountain Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2 (excluding storage tracks)
Connections
Construction
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: POR
History
Opened1996 (bus station)
Rebuilt2001 (train station)
Passengers
FY 2025167,342[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Old Orchard Beach
toward Boston North
 Downeaster Freeport
toward Brunswick
Location

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)[2] and Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains (five round-trips a day).[3] It is also served by Megabus (via Concord Coach Lines), as well as the Greater Portland Metro route 1 and BREEZ bus services.[4] The station is open daily from 2:45 AM to 10:30 PM.[5]

Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood,[6] about a half mile west of the former site of Portland Union Station and adjacent to Thompson's Point.

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

A federal grant of $48 million was awarded for construction of a relocated station in August 2026, at the site near Mercy Hospital on St. John Street. Portland city officials, including mayor Mark Dion, have expressed concern about the accessibility of the site, but feel it is inevitable that it will be located there. Building on the former site of Union Station would require that Cumberland County and MaineHealth sell property for such a project, and both have declined to. The Congress Street site is no longer being considered. What will happen to the Concord Coach Lines portion of the current station is unclear.[10] One concern about the St. John Street site is that it may interfere with plans to build a stadium for the Portland Hearts of Pine at nearby Cassidy Point. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2025: State of Maine" (PDF). Amtrak. January 2026. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Portland, ME to Boston & Logan Airport". Concord Coach Lines. September 12, 2010. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Full Schedule | Amtrak Downeaster". Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Route Maps". Greater Portland Metro Bus. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Portland, ME Bus Stop". Concord Coach Lines. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ Deans, Emma (July 8, 2010). "Welcome to Nowhere | Reconnecting an amputated neighborhood". The Bollard. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Portland Station Relocation Project". TrainRiders/Northeast. April 12, 2019. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Report recommends relocating Amtrak Downeaster station". WMTW. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Singer, Stephen (April 25, 2024). "Amtrak planners identify 3 possible sites for new train station in Portland". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ Rice, Andrew; Womack, Morgan (August 14, 2026). "Downeaster gets millions to relocate Portland train station". Portland Press Herald.
  11. ↑ Simone, Julia (August 14, 2026). "Portland officials raise concerns about new planned location for train station". Portland Press Herald.

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