With the MBTA’s analog system, one failure among thousands of individual points connecting the electrical equipment can ruin many a commuter's day.

Woman leaps from burning Boston subway train into river below The federal report revealed an agency that pushed so aggressively to make system improvements that it quadrupled its annual capital ...

Practically speaking, Boston’s commuter rail system is actually two separate systems. One extends from South Station down the Worcester, Needham, Fairmount, Franklin, Providence/Stoughton ...

The CapeFLYER is back for another summer, offering a convenient travel option between Boston and Cape Cod, according to a ...

Briah Cooley typically takes public transit to her job at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston — if the train actually shows up. Ahead of her commute on a sweltering July morning ...

Siegel: So that voice you're hearing right there is one of the foremost experts that I've been able to find on the history of Boston's train system. Beaucher: My name is Steven Beaucher. I'm the ...

The recommendation from federal safety regulators that the MBTA adopt the braking system came in 2009 after a collision on the Green Line injured 49 people; the year before a train operator died ...

The train in question was 43 years old ... The Federal Transit Administration launched a review of Boston's subway system in April following several accidents that led to injuries or death ...

Riders in Boston trying to head home faced delays ... the company that operates and manages the MBTA Commuter Rail system, did not provide specific comment on why these trains were canceled. " ...

BOSTON -- The T just got easier with MBTA's new "Tap to Ride" program, allowing riders to use credit cards, smartphones and even their watch to pay for buses, trolleys and the subway system.

The city of Boston must do more to help the state lead ... But it will not dissuade him from continuing to use the train system because he has become used to the problems, he said.

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