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Archive -- TrainRiders Northeast 30th Annual Meeting & Lunch
Date
Friday, December 14, 2018 11:00 AM Friday, December 14, 2018 3:00 PM
Location
Holiday Inn By The Bay - Downtown Portland 88 Spring Street Portland 04101
TrainRiders Northeast will be holding its 30th Annual Meeting & Lunch on Friday, December 14, 2018 At The Holiday Inn By The Bay in Downtown Portland, ME
- Registration begins at 11:00 am
- Meeting opens at 12:00 noon
- Adjournment at 3:30 pm
- Portland BusTour following the meeting
Invited guest speakers are Maine Senator Susan Collins and Stephen Gardner, Executive Vice President of Amtrak.
NNEPRA Executive Director Patricia Quinn will provide us with the Downeaster's impressive record-breaking numbers from Fiscal Year 2018.
Maine DOT Commissioner David Bernhart and PanAm Railways President David Fink will be our guests as well.
This event will also celebrate the 17th birthday of Amtrak's Downeaster Service.
Event Registration NOW Open!
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.