Yarmouth Junction station

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 and the Maine Central Railroad, around 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 of land at the junction to support its shipment facilities down in Portland, Maine, the state's most populous city. It built stables, 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.