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Archive -- TrainRiders/Northeast Annual Meeting
Date
Monday, December 16, 2019 11:30 AM Monday, December 16, 2019 3:30 PM
Location
Holiday Inn by the Bay 88 Spring Street Portland ME 04101
Invited guests are Patricia Quinn, Executive Director of NNEPRA, David Fink, President of Pan Am Railways and Bruce A. Van Note, Maine Commissioner of Transportation. Much is happening with passenger and freight rail in Maine and no better place to get a full briefing than at our Annual Meeting. In addition, we are celebrating the Downeaster's 18th birthday!
Agenda
11:30 am - Registration begins at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland
12:15 pm - Welcome, Business Meeting, Buffet Luncheon, Special Presentations and Guest Speakers
3:30 pm - Closing Comments and Adjournment
3:40 pm - Following the meeting, you're invited to board a shuttle bus to the Downeaster for a roundtrip to Freeport to see LL Bean's spectacular Christmas display and program. Afterward, we'll board the 5:38 pm Downeaster to Portland and points south. The trip is on us!
Take the train to and from Portland
Northbound Downeaster #681 from Boston arrives in Portland at 11:40 am. Southbound from Brunswick arrives at 11:58 am (you'll be bussed from the station to the hotel).
Registration
You can register for the Annual Meeting through either of the following methods.
*Online - Click here
*By mail - Print the application by going here
Membership
Renew your membership now by using our online form or by including your check when you mail your meeting reservation to TrainRiders/Northeast.
"The support from the Rail Passengers Association, and from all of you individually, has been incredibly important to Amtrak throughout our history and especially so during the last trying year."
Bill Flynn, Amtrak CEO
April 19, 2021, speaking to attendees at the Rail Passengers Virtual Spring Advocacy Conference