Bangor Union Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Circa-1940 postcard of the station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Exchange Street at Washington Street Bangor, ME | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°47′56″N 68°46′01″W / 44.799°N 68.767°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Maine Central Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bangor and Aroostook Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 28 July 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 30 November 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bangor Union Station was a passenger train station in Bangor, Maine. Long the state's second-largest railroad station, it was served by the Maine Central Railroad and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. In 1961, the railroads ended service to the station, which was then demolished to avoid an annual property tax of $10,788 on an assessed valuation of $372,000.[1]
The station site is now occupied by the Penobscot Plaza Shopping Center.