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Air:
The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport offers charter service to points in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, Lewiston-Auburn is only 38 miles by car or bus from the Portland International Jetport, with several daily direct and connecting commercial flights to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other hubs. Bangor International Airport, about 90 minutes north of Portland, offers direct flights to Europe.
The Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport:
- Has two runways--one 5,000 feet, the other, 2,750 feet
- Accommodates chartered corporate flights throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Has more than 260 charter customers including the U.S. Postal Service
- Houses a fixed-base operator, Twin City Air Service
Rail:
Lewiston-Auburn
offers freight rail service via St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, which operates a double-stack intermodal facility. Named "Short Line of
the Year" by Railway Age magazine, the railroad offers access and a point
of entry to southern and central United States, Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver and
Mexico. Auburn's Safe Handling, Inc. is Maine's largest rail trans-shipment
facility, with expertise to safely handle chemicals and food grade products. L-A was also designated a Foreign Trade Zone in 2004, providing qualified companies that conduct international trade an opportunity to defer, reduce, or eliminate tariffs on raw materials and finished goods.
A section of L-A rail has been designated
a high-speed rail corridor, with plans from the Maine Department of Transportation
to introduce passenger rail service within the next several
years.
In addition, Guilford Rail operates a regional rail system that
covers New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont,
and the Canadian Maritimes, with daily switching service and public and
private loading dock facilities.
Lewiston-Auburn offers:
- Transloading operations
- Overhead traffic
- Truck-to-rail intermodal facility
- 1,500 miles of regional track access across New England and the Canadian Maritimes
- Foreign Trade Zone
- Warehousing and value-added logistics services
Distribution Logistics and Warehousing:
The City of Auburn recently approved plans for a new 144-acre Auburn Industrial Park. Plans call for container and trailer storage, inventory tracking services, and space dedicated exclusivly for users of the Foreign Trade Zone.
Highway:
The Maine Turnpike provides direct access to Lewiston-Auburn with two exits, and is part of Interstate 95. Lewiston-Auburn is also intersected by major state highways, including Routes 202, 4 and 196.
Sea:
Portland Harbor, a 40-minute trip from Lewiston-Auburn via the Maine Turnpike,
can easily accommodate deep vessels with roll-on, roll-off docks and container
handling capability. The harbor has a main ship channel depth of 45 feet
and ample facilities for all forms of cargo. Portland Harbor offers:
- More than 20,000 square feet of covered shed for transit goods
- Covered shed storage for 15,000 tons of bulk cargo
- Ground storage capacity for 2,275 carloads
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