Wells Regional Transportation Center
Wells, ME | |||||||||||
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_2011.jpg){kind=spacer} Front entrance of station building | |||||||||||
| Location |
696 Sanford Road Wells, ME 04090 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°19′15″N 70°36′44″W / 43.32074°N 70.61218°WCoordinates: 43°19′15″N 70°36′44″W / 43.32074°N 70.61218°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Town of Wells | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Free; about 200 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | WEM | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) |
68,752[1]  | ||||||||||
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Wells Regional Transportation Center is a train station in Wells, Maine served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and other transportation providers.
It is owned by The Town of Wells. The train platforms were constructed during the summer and fall of 2001, and were improved over the next six months. The station was built during the spring and summer of 2002.
The station is served five times daily by Amtrak's Downeaster service, and sees an average of about 135 rail passengers each day, making it the second-busiest stop in Maine after Portland.[2]
The station, which is open 24 hours, has a Quik-Trak machine, ATM, pay phone, restrooms, snack and beverage vending machines, visitor information, and bicycle racks.
The station sits next to the Pan Am Railways mainline, formerly the Western Route mainline of the Boston & Maine Railroad.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority may add a second platform to the station to allow a sixth train to Brunswick and a commuter trip to Portland. [3]
Images
High platform (far left) and low platform (center)._2011.jpg)
Rear view of the station, as seen from the low platform.
Memorial clock. A plaque at its base notes "John Milne Cole, Sr., Transportation Advocate." Cole, a past president of the Wells Chamber of Commerce, helped start the Wells Trolley and bring Amtrak's Downeaster service to Wells.[4]
The Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) business train stopped at the low platform.
Closer view of the PAR observation car next to the low platform.
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Maine" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Maine" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Downeaster readies for expanded Brunswick-Boston service" - Portland Press Herald, September 17, 2018
- ↑ York County Coast Star Local News: Veterans mark time in Wells
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