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Surviving Maine Railroad Stations

The information here covers surviving Maine railroad stations. The Railroad Station Historical Society (RSHS) and my many thanks to them for such (the information here would not have been possible without their invaluable resources) provided much of the research for this page. If you would like to learn more about the Railroad Station Historical Society or are considering becoming a member please click here to visit their website.

Also, if you know of a railroad station or depot in your area that is not preserved or in danger of being demolished please take action to see if it can be saved. These buildings are beautiful works of architecture and it has been proven time and again that preserved historic railroad stations (whether still in use as a train station or not) increase the value and attractiveness of an area for both visitors and businesses (particularly if it is located in a downtown area). Not only that, but you will be saving an important piece of history!

Addison: Originally built by the Washington County and Maine Central Railroads, privately owned.

Agamenticus: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, privately owned.

Albion: Originally built by the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway, restored and home of the Albion Historical Society.

Arundel: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, privately owned.

Auburn: Original freight depot built by the Maine Central Railroad here still stands, used as a business.

Bakers: Originally built by the MEC/Somerset Railroad, privately owned.

Bath: The former MEC freight and passenger depots here still stand.

Belfast: The former MEC/Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad freight depot here still stands.

Benton Station: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned.

Bethel: Originally built by the Grand Trunk Railway.

Biddeford: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, used as a business.

Bigelow: Originally built by the Franklin & Megantic Railroad.

Bingham Heights: Originally built by the MEC/Somerset Railroad, privately owned.

Blanchard: Originally built by the BAR, privately owned.

Brooks: Originally built by the MEC/B&ML.

Brownville Junction: Originally built by the Canadian Pacific.

Bryant Pond: The former Grand Trunk Railway freight depot here still stands.

Bucksport: Originally built by the MEC, home of the Bucksport Historical Society Museum.

Buxton: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, privately owned.

Calais: Originally built by the Washington County and Maine Central Railroads, used as a museum.

Canton: Originally built by the MEC.

Caribou: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, vacant.

Cathance: Originally built by the MEC.

City Point: Originally built by the MEC, used as a museum.

Colombia: Originally built by the Washington County and Maine Central Railroads, privately owned.

Cornish: The former MEC freight depot here still stands, vacant.

Cummings: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, used as a museum.

Dead River Station: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business.

Dexter: The former MEC freight depot here still stands, privately owned.

Dover-Foxcraft: The former MEC freight depot here still stands.

East Hebron: Originally built by the MEC.

East Sumner: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned.

East Vassalboro: Originally built by the WW&F, privately owned.

East Wilton: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business.

Ellsworth: Originally built by the MEC.

Enfield: Originally built by the MEC, moved to Bangor and used as a museum.

Farmington: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business. Also, the former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Fort Fairfield: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.

Fort Kent: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, home of the Fort Kent Historical Society Museum.

Frankfort: The former BAR freight depot here still stands.

Freeport: Originally built by the MEC, used as a museum.

Frenchville: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, used as a museum.

Fryeburg: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned. Also, the MEC's former freight depot here still stands, used as a business.

Gardiner: Originally built by the MEC. Also, the former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Georges River: Originally built by the MEC, used as a museum.

Gilead: Originally built by the Grand Trunk Railway, moved to Auburn.

Gorham: Originally built by the Portland & Rochester Railroad, used as a business.

Great Works: Originally built by the Maine & Maine Railroad, used as apartments.

Hallowell: The former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Island Falls: The former BAR freight depot here still stands, vacant.

Jackman: The former Canadian Pacific freight and passenger depots here still stand.

Kennebunk: The former B&M freight and passenger depots here still stand, used as businesses.

Kennebunk Beach: Originally built by the Maine & Maine Railroad, used as a museum.

Kennebunkport: Originally built by the Maine & Maine Railroad, currently a restaurant.

Kingfield: Originally built by the F&M.

Kittery Point: Originally built by the York, Harbor & Beach Railroad, privately owned.

Lewiston: Originally built by the Maine Central Railroad, used as a business. Also, the original Grand Trunk Railway passenger station here still stands.

Lincoln: Originally built by the Maine Central Railroad, owned by Pan Am Railways.

Lisbon Falls: Originally built by the Maine Central Railroad, used as a business.

Long Beach: Originally built by the YH&B, used as a museum.

Machias: Originally built by the Washington County and Maine Central Railroads, vacant.

Madawaska: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, owned by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.

Mainstream Station: Originally built by the MEC.

Marbles Station: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business.

Mechanic Falls: The former GTR freight depot here still stands. Also, the MEC's passenger depot remains here as well, used as a community center.

Millinocket: The original BAR office building here still stands, owned by the MM&A.

Milo: The former BAR freight depot here still stands.

Monmouth: The former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Monson: Originally built by the Monson Railroad.

Monson Junction: Originally built by the Monson Railroad/BAR.

New Castle: The original MEC freight and passenger depots here still stand.

Norridgewock: Originally built by the MEC/Somerset Railroad.

North Anson: The former freight depot of the MEC/Somerset Railroad here still stands.

North Belgrade: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned.

North Berwick: Originally built by the B&M, used as a business.

North Vassaboro: Originally built by the WW&F, privately owned.

Northern Maine Junction: The combination offices/station used by the MEC/BAR here still stands

Oakfield: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, home of the Oakfield Railroad Museum.

Oceanside: Originally built by the YH&B, used as a business.

Old Town: The former MEC freight and passenger depots here still stand, the former owned by Pan Am, the latter used as a business.

Orno: Originally built by the MEC, used as apartments.

Palermo: Originally built by the WW&F, privately owned.

Parsons: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, privately owned.

Pattern: The former BAR freight depot here still stands, vacant.

Phillips: The original Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad freight and passenger depots here still stand.

Pittsfield: Originally built by the MEC.

Poland: The former MEC freight and passenger depots here still stand.

Portland: Two former office buildings of the GTR here still stand, used as businesses. Also, the offices of the MEC here still stand.

Presque Island: Originally built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, privately owned.

Princeton: Originally built by the MEC, used by the local municipal airport for offices.

Richmond: The former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Riverside: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned.

Rockland: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business.

Rumford: The original MEC freight and passenger depots here still stand, both used as businesses.

Rumford Falls: Originally built by the Maine Central Railroad, moved to Mechanic Falls.

Saco: The former B&M freight and passenger depots here still stand, both used as a businesses.

Salem: Originally built by the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, privately owned.

Sanford: The original B&M freight depot here still stands, vacant.

Sanders Mill: Originally built by the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, moved to Phillips.

Seabury: Originally built by the YH&B, privately owned.

Searsport: The former BAR freight and passenger depots here still stands, the former owned by the MM&A the latter used as a business.

Sherman: The former BAR freight depot here still stands.

Smyrna Mills: The former BAR freight depot here still stands.

South Lagrange: Originally built by the BAR, privately owned.

South Paris: The former Grand Trunk passenger station here still stands.

South Windham: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business.

Stockholm: The former BAR freight depot here still stands.

Stockton: Originally built by the BAR, privately owned. Also, the former BAR freight depot here still stands.

Tapleyville: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, moved to Kennebunkport and home of the Seashore Trolley Museum.

The Elms: Originally built by the Boston & Maine Railroad, used as a business.

Thomaston: Originally built by the MEC, used as a museum.

Thorndike: Originally built by the MEC/B&ML, moved to Boothbay and used as a museum.

Troutdale: Originally built by the MEC/Somerset Railroad, privately owned.

Unity: Originally built by the MEC/B&ML.

Vanceboro: Originally built by the MEC/CP.

Waldoboro: Originally built by the MEC, owned by the Maine Eastern Railroad.

Warren: Originally built by the MEC, vacant.

Weeks Mills: The former WW&F freight depot here still stands, privately owned.

Wells: Originally built by the B&M, used as a museum.

Wells Beach: The original B&M freight and passenger depots here still stand.

West Farmington: Originally built by the MEC, used as a post office.

West Minot: Originally built by the Maine Central Railroad, privately owned. Also, the MEC's former freight depot here still stands as well.

Whitneyville: Originally built by the Washington County and Maine Central Railroads, abandoned.

Wilton: Originally built by the MEC, used as a business and moved to Jay.

Winslow: Originally built by the WW&F, privately owned.

Woodland: Originally built by the MEC, privately owned. Also, the former MEC freight depot here still stands.

Yarmouth: The former freight and passenger depots of the GTR here still stand, both used by businesses.

York Harbor: Originally built by the YH&B, privately owned.

For more information about surviving Maine railroad stations and structures please click here.

While all books featuring a general history of railroad stations in this country can certainly not cover them all two books which do a very good job of covering a general history of such are Train Stations: Whistle Stops, Rail Stations of North America by author Alexander Mitchell and The American Train Depot & Roundhouse from author Hans Halberstadt. While, again, both books are just a very general overview of some of the great stations that once stood in this country they are both quite good with lots of historical photographs, including that of Grand Central Terminal and the late Pennsylvania Station (it also gives a history of the thousands of small depots that existed in most communities). Mr. Halberstadt’s book particularly covers the history of railroad stations quite well, delving deeper into exactly what went on, on a daily basis in and around them. All in all if you’re interested in stations and depots, or would like to learn more about exactly how they worked you’re sure to enjoy either book, or both. If you're interested in perhaps purchasing these books please visit The Railroad Diamond by clicking the tab in the menu to your left marked "TRD Store".

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