For students, seniors and low-income, rail has discounts. Who qualifies and how to apply.
From college students to the elderly to those who are low-income, the commuter rail coming to the SouthCoast has discounts ...
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Weird and wonderful: This is your Field Guide to Boston
We have maps to help us out ... suburban weekend explorer or someone driving in to avoid MBTA service disruptions. Need to make your way around the Boston area? There’s good news and bad ...
The Herald News7d
MBTA: Unique 'shuttle service' coming to Fall River and New Bedford. How will it work?
Though the MBTA has not yet released a timetable for commuters ready to ride South Coast Rail, on Monday the T unveiled a feature they said would make commute times flexible, one “unique” to ...
The Boston Globe28d
Ten million taps in, MBTA heralds its Tap to Ride program
Top MBTA officials are celebrating what they say is a big milestone in how people get on the subway, trolley, and bus: 10 million taps on its new-ish Tap to Ride contactless payment system ...
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Who were the biggest winners from the MBTA shutdowns? A new report breaks it down
That’s what the group TransitMatters is asking about the past year of painful MBTA shutdowns ... nearly 20 minutes off a full-length Red Line ride between Braintree and Alewife — in both ...
After rejecting MBTA Communities Act rules, Milton voted against delivering action plan by deadline
Milton’s Select Board voted against submitting an MBTA Communities Act action plan by the state deadline, citing issues with its designation.
How much of a difference did the MBTA shutdowns really make? A new analysis breaks down the data.
MBTA riders begrudgingly endured shutdown after shutdown, some for weeks at a time. Passengers climbed aboard packed shuttle ...
The Herald News9d
MBTA boosts South Coast Rail's train schedule. Residents near tracks worry about noise.
The idea, "unique" to the MBTA, is to give commuters more options to hook up with a ride to or from Boston, Eng said. “There'll be trains that may not run full distance, but they could get you ...
Mattapan Line passengers rescued by raft after MBTA Milton station floods
Several MBTA passengers were rescued with rafts from a trolley that was stranded in icy floodwaters in Milton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning. The Milton fire chief said an overflowing ice dam ...
CBS News27d
MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains "within days"
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) wants to bring the Red and Orange lines up to the speeds they were designed for and one official said it could happen "within days." ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston29d
MBTA warns of potential delays due to extreme cold
AS A BUNDLED UP CREW WORKED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THE JFK, UMASS MBTA STATION. VERY, VERY COLD. IT’S FREEZING. IT’S SO COLD. COMMUTERS BRAVED SOME OF THE BEST OF BOSTON WINTER COULD THROW AT ...
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MBTA commuter rail engineer pleads guilty to stealing $8 million from operating company
An MBTA operating system employee pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding his company of over $8 million and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service. John Pigsley, 59, was hired as an assistant ...