Trail Timeline

  • February 2026
    MaineDOT announces 2026 Work Plan, which allocates $600K for design of 9.4 miles of trail between Portland & Yarmouth.

  • June 2025
    Maine passes LD 30 into law, authorizing conversion of the 25-mile train corridor from Portland to Auburn into an interim trail.

  • May 2025
    The mayors of Portland and Auburn co-author an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, supporting LD 30.

  • June 2023 – December 2024
    Pownal, North Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Falmouth, Freeport, & Auburn pass resolutions that support an interim trail.

  • December 2022
    RUAC votes 11 to 1 to recommend an interim trail on the Berlin Subdivision corridor.

  • June 17, 2021
    Governor Mills signs LD 1133, creating a statewide process to form Rail Use Advisory Councils (RUACs) to review inactive state-owned lines.

  • April 2020
    Maine DOT Commissioner initiates Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council (RUAC) to review the Berlin Subdivision corridor.

  • 2020
    Maine Trails Coalition publishes a report identifying 18 key rail trail projects, including Casco Bay Trail.

  • 2019
    Casco Bay Trail Alliance created to advocate for the creation of a 72-mile multipurpose loop.

  • 2015
    Rail service ends on the Berlin Subdivision of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic rail corridor. Last customer: The B&M Bean factory in Portland.