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The Portland–Lewiston Interurban (PLI) was an electric railroad subsidiary of the Androscoggin Electric Company operating from 1914 to 1933 between Monument Square in Portland and Union Square in Lewiston, Maine. Hourly service was offered over the route between the two cities. Express trains stopping only at West Falmouth, Gray, New Gloucester, Upper Gloucester and Danville made the trip in 80 minutes, while trains making other local stops upon request required 20 minutes more. The line was considered the finest interurban railroad in the state of Maine. ==Route and facilities== Summer-season construction began in 1910 including ten reinforced concrete bridges. The longest was a span over the Presumpscot River There was a span over the Little Androscoggin River in Auburn and a span of similar length near West Falmouth.〔 Approximately of steel rail was laid in lengths over private right-of-way connecting segments of trackage rights over Portland, Lewiston, and Auburn city streetcar lines.〔 Scheduled interurban service began on 7 July 1914. At Gray, odd-numbered northbound trains took a siding to cross even-numbered southbound trains on the following route from north to south:〔 * Lewiston by brick passenger terminal and 4-track car barn and repair shop on Middle Street * Fairview Junction with the Auburn streetcar line * Sadler's siding * Little Androscoggin River bridge * Littlefield's Corner crossing of the Grand Trunk Lewiston branch * bridge over the Maine Central Rumford branch * Grand Trunk Railway underpass * Danville siding with combined power substation and passenger shelter * Upper Gloucester freight platform * Rowes siding * New Gloucester * Penny Road freight shed * Morse Road freight shed * Webster's siding * North Gray freight platform * Hawkes freight platform * Gray car storage yard with car barn, freight house, and combined power substation and passenger shelter * Forest Lake siding (South Gray) * West Cumberland * Morrison's Hill gravel pit * West Falmouth siding with combined power substation and passenger shelter * Presumpscot River bridge * Deering Siding for delivery of construction materials, but Maine Central Railroad refused to interchange loaded cars. * Deering Junction with the Portland streetcar line * Portland by 4-track brick car barn between Cumberland Avenue and Portland Street 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portland–Lewiston Interurban」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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