Everyone knows the MBTA can be loud ... with help from a sound level meter that measured the decibel output of all the rumbling and squealing train cars. Veteran riders won’t be surprised ...

Aboard an MBTA commuter rail train from Fall River ... DAN: I settled into an upper-level carriage on the train — they're all double-decker coaches — and snagged a table seat.

The MBTA's long-awaited South Coast commuter rail line finally began service Monday. It connects a large part of southeastern Massachusetts with South Station in Boston for the first time in 65 years.

South Coast Rail, the MBTA's commuter rail connection from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford, is now open for business. The passenger rail extension was 34 years in the making and cost $1.1 ...

Like all other Commuter Rail trips, the first train Monday morning on the MBTA’s new Fall River/New Bedford line set off with a jolt. But unlike the rest, it was followed by an unfamiliar sound ...

Aboard an MBTA commuter rail train from Fall River on its first ... DAN: I settled into an upper-level carriage on the train ...