Transportation in Maine

Looking for transportation facilities to visit different cities and parts of Maine? Well, Maine’s major means of transportation consists of ferries, buses, planes, and trains. Being a coastal state comprising of a number of islands, the State of Maine provides a number of ferry services to its visitors. These ferries not only operate between different mainland and Islands, but also towards northern parts of Canada. What’s more these ferries are used to transport both cars and passengers.

You can select certain high-speed car ferries that operate between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia across the Gulf of Maine. These ferries are equipped with all the modern amenities such as duty free shops, food cafes and food bars, TV and Movie lounges with 61" screens, and slot casino. What’s more, you can even check these services online along with making online booking for these fairies

When travelling by road, you can either select bus services run by State or other public and private means of transport. When talking of buses, select from a wide range of inter-city buses, fixed route buses, demand response buses, or charter buses. While the fixed route buses operate on regular routes at fixed schedules and are reasonably priced too, the demand response buses provide door-to-door services. However, you need to have a prior reservation to board these buses. Also, the charter buses are most often used by tourists for visiting Maine and its surrounding areas.

You can also choose to travel by air and use the faculties provided by different state-of-art airports in Maine. Some of the more popular airports of Maine include Boston's Logan Airport, Portland International Jetport,Bangor International Airport or BGR, and Northern Maine Regional Airport, also known as Presque Isle. When travelling in Maine, rail transport is always a popular means of transport. You can either hop into an Amtrak’s Down-easter Trains that cover some of the most popular routes of Maine or use the Maine Eastern railroad that lets you tour the Maine coast by train.