The Downeaster is a 116-mile (187 km) passenger train route operate by Amtrak, connecting North Station in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portland, Maine. In fiscal year 2006, it was Amtrak's fastest growing service, with ridership up 22.9% from the previous year. . In FY07, the service's ridership increased nearly eight percent. Through the first six months of FY08, with the addition of a fifth round-trip, ridership is up approximately twenty-five percent.