Downeast Rapid Transit http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com The underground connects us all en-us Copyright 2025 Downeast Rapid Transit 2025-09-14T03:00:42+01:00 jt bullitt Official news and information from Maine's imagined underground subway system Rider Alert http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#f48dd392 Station master Rainer Weiss passed away on August 25, 2025. A pioneer in the field of gravitational wave astronomy, he became a station master of the LIGO station in 2016 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2017. He will be sorely missed. http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#f48dd392 Rider Alert http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#f9861d68 Nice article about LIGO station in the latest edition of LIGO Magazine! http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#f9861d68 Rider Alert http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#666d5d5f LIGO station master Rai Weiss has been awarded the 2017 Nobel prize in physics for his pioneering work in the detection of gravitational waves. Peter Saulson, who shares station master duties with Rai, was one of the LIGO principal researchers whose work contributed to this Nobel prize-winnning achievement. Congratulations to you both! http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#666d5d5f Rider Alert http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#01c724a2 Grand opening of Lubec Main St. station. http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#01c724a2 Rider Alert http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#5d2459f8 Grand opening of the newly refurbished Petit Manan station. http://www.downeastrapidtransit.com/index.html#5d2459f8