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    The Downeaster is a 145-mile (233 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak and managed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA)...
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  • "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" is a song by Billy Joel from his eleventh studio album Storm Front (1989), released as the album's fourth single. It peaked at...
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  • Down Easter (redirect from Downeaster)
    Down Easter or Downeaster may refer to: Down Easter (ship), or Downeaster, a type of 19th-century sailing ship Downeaster (train), an Amtrak passenger...
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  • the addition of pineapple juice. The drink is also sometimes called a downeaster, Hawaiian sea breeze, or a Paul Joseph. This cocktail is similar to the...
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    The Down Easter or Downeaster was a type of 19th-century sailing ship built in Maine, and used largely in the California grain trade. It was a modification...
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  • songs that placed in the top 100 were "And So It Goes" (No. 37), "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" (No. 57), and "That's Not Her Style" (No. 77). The album was...
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  • The St. Croix Downeasters were a minor league baseball team based in Calais, Maine in partnership with neighboring St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In 1913...
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    run primarily by Concord Coach Lines (18 round-trips a day) and Amtrak Downeaster passenger trains (five round-trips a day). It is also served by Megabus...
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    clown in the Soviet city of that name during his tour in 1987, and "The Downeaster Alexa", written to underscore the plight of fishermen on Long Island who...
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    and SR 100. SR 25 Business goes through southwestern Portland. Amtrak's Downeaster service offers five daily trains connecting the city's station with eight...
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    Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved August 9, 2009. "Downeaster Schedule" (PDF). Amtrak Downeaster. May 20, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May...
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    Transportation Center, serving Amtrak's Downeaster service, was constructed specifically for the Downeaster on the former Mountain Division of the Maine...
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    known as the East Coast Canal, which was completed in 1912. Amtrak's Downeaster and Northeast Regional offer the main passenger rail service on the Seaboard...
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    served by the Acela Express and Northeast Regional. Meanwhile, Amtrak's Downeaster to Brunswick, Maine terminates in North Station, and is the only Amtrak...
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    business. Planning began in 2014 to add Kennebunk as a stop on the Amtrak Downeaster route, but the town cancelled the project in 2018. From the 1840s until...
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    is the Saco Transportation Center, from which connections to Amtrak's Downeaster can be made. Formerly the flex-route Brunswick Explorer, the service was...
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  • from the soundtrack of 2009′s The Hangover. Also by Billy Joel is "The Downeaster Alexa". Additional new music includes a song from Danzig, along with music...
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    station, North Station, serves as the southern terminus for Amtrak's Downeaster, which connects to Portland and Brunswick in Maine. Outside of Boston...
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    2001. On December 14, 2001, Amtrak's Downeaster service began operating from Boston to Portland, Maine. The Downeaster runs via the lower Lowell Line and...
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    New York City, Washington, D.C. and Chicago from South Station Amtrak Downeaster service to Maine from North Station Massport Logan Express Plymouth &...
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  • named its passenger train service between Boston and Brunswick, Maine the Downeaster. The term "Down East" provided the name for a prominent type of sailing...
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    permitted. Amtrak first offered free Wi-Fi service to passengers aboard the Downeaster in 2008, the Acela and the Northeast Regional trains on the NEC in 2010...
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    with New Hampshire's Lakes Region and White Mountains Region. Amtrak's Downeaster stops in three Seacoast communities - Dover, Durham–UNH, and Exeter- with...
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    reduced to limited reverse-peak service. On December 15, 2001, the Amtrak Downeaster began operating over the line south of Wilmington. In October 2006, the...
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  • "Storm Front" "I Go to Extremes" "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" "Pressure" "New York State of Mind" "We Didn't Start the Fire"...
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    Haverhill Line, Lowell Line, and Newburyport/Rockport Line – and the Amtrak Downeaster intercity service. The concourse is located under the TD Garden arena...
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    performed the uncredited violin solo on the 1989 Billy Joel song "The Downeaster Alexa". While primarily a solo artist, Perlman has performed with a number...
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    Vermonter connects Vermont to Massachusetts and Connecticut, while the Downeaster links Maine to Boston. The long-distance Lake Shore Limited train has...
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    Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2012. "Downeaster Service to Freeport & Brunswick Begins November 1, 2012" (Press release)...
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    State Route 24, Maine State Route 123 and Maine State Route 196. Amtrak's Downeaster train service terminates at Brunswick Maine Street Station and connects...
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