Train advocates say the 90-plus-minute ride from New Bedford to Boston is faster than a car. Is it? We tested it out for ...

Train advocates say the 90-minute ride from Fall River to Boston is faster than a car. Is it? We tested it out for ourselves.

Reporter Emily Scherny and senior digital producer Dan Medeiros each went from Fall River to Boston -- one by car, one by train ... Aboard an MBTA commuter rail train from Fall River on its ...

Like all other Commuter Rail trips, the first train Monday morning on the MBTA’s new Fall River/New Bedford line set off with ...

South Coast Rail, the MBTA's commuter rail connection from Boston ... Train history: Passenger rail once thrived in SouthCoast, taken over by cars The $1.1 billion project is one of the largest ...

Passengers won’t have to wait much long to ride the commuter rail to and from ... according to the MBTA. “With service beginning on March 24, thousands of cars will come off the roads, and ...

“For generations, this region hasn’t had any passenger rail,” he said. “Going from New Bedford to Taunton only takes 20 minutes now by commuter rail. Doing that by car takes 30 minute ...

The 37-mile line, dubbed the Fall River/New Bedford Line, marks the return of commuter rail ... MBTA was turning away visitors to the East Taunton Station trying to arrive by car.

The MBTA's South Coast Rail trains began running Monday, March 24, 2025. The train from New Bedford to Boston's South Station pulled into Middleborough just before 9 a.m. Like all other Commuter ...

"On MBTA Commuter Rail cars, service animals are always allowed, but non-service dogs are restricted, especially during peak hours," the MBTA says. "During off-peak hours, leashed non-service dogs may ...