Yarmouth Junction station
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Yarmouth Junction station was a passenger rail station in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. It stood to the west of East Elm Street at Depot Road, at the junction of the former Grand Trunk Railway (now the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad) and the Maine Central Railroad (now Guilford Rail System's Kennebec & Portland), around 0.9 miles (1.4 km) north of the town's Railroad Square, where today's 1906-built Grand Trunk station stands. The Amtrak Downeaster utilizes the former Maine Central Railroad line, which passes to the northwest of town. The Yarmouth Junction station building is now gone, but the junction itself is still active.
There have been discussions about developing the line between Yarmouth Junction and Brunswick, Maine.
History
In 1915, the Portland Stock Yards and Trading Company leased around 40 acres (16 ha) of land at the junction to support its shipment facilities down in Portland, Maine, the state's most populous city. It built stables (which could accommodate around one thousand horses), granaries, a hospital and offices. Around the same time, troops of the French Army were forming there from points to the west in preparation to ship out from Portland on steamships.
References in popular culture
Patches of snow still dotted the ground when 20-year-old Maren Madsen arrived by train at Yarmouth Junction in May 1892.
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