commuter rail

After ongoing MBTA railroad crossing incidents, a major safety upgrade is happening at Commuter Rail crossings across the region.

Regular Commuter Rail service is returning in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, after crews spent the last week making repairs to the damaged track and washed out ground. Last Monday’s historic flooding in Leominster washed out the ground beneath the track near the city’s station, and commuters who rely on public transportation have had to use bus service while repairs...

There have been major delays and service interruptions along the Fitchburg Line of the MBTA’s Commuter Rail due to an unfolding police situation on Wednesday morning. The MTBA Commuter Rail was reporting on social media significant delays for trains along the Fitchburg Line, with service being suspended between Waltham and Wachusett at around 8 a.m. The issues were tied...

The MBTA Commuter Rail and Keolis announced that they will be providing round-trip, special event train service to Gillette Stadium from Boston and, in some cases, Providence for multiple shows at the end of August. Service will be available for the following shows: Round-trip tickets are $20 and are only available via the mTicket app. The Boston trains will depart…

Talk about a “Countdown!” Commuter train tickets to Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour at Gillette Stadium became available Tuesday at 11 a.m. and were sold out within 9 minutes. Just like Taylor Swift’s speedy MBTA train sale, concertgoers were in for yet another battle for tickets. With limited trains to the 68,000-person capacity venue, the $20 round-trip tickets are a highly sought-after…

All MBTA Commuter Rail trains to and from Foxboro were canceled indefinitely after a truck hit a bridge in Dedham, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. Traffic on East Street was closed indefinitely as well after the train bridge, near the Endicott Estate, was hit before 10 a.m., according to Dedham police. They shared images of a truck underneath a bridge with…

As Taylor Swift prepares to return to Gillette Stadium, fans lucky enough to acquire tickets are having trouble finding transportation to the shows.

After high demand for train tickets to next weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts at Gillette Stadium prompted the MBTA to schedule more trips, the new round of tickets sold…swiftly. The first round of tickets sold out in hours, and when the new round of MBTA Commuter Rail tickets went on sale Friday at 11 a.m., it took just one minute...

The incident happened near Readville Station, according to MBTA Transit Police.

Five Amtrak employees were hurt when two of the train company’s vehicles collided near an MBTA Commuter Rail Station in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood Friday, according to the MBTA. The employees are expected to recover, an MBTA representative said in a statement. The Amtrak truck and track truck were substantially damaged after their collision near Readville Station. NBC10 Boston...

The Better Business Bureau of Boston says it’s gotten dozens of reports of people getting scammed or nearly getting scammed while trying to buy tickets for Taylor Swifts upcoming shows at Gillette Stadium

A car and an MBTA train collided in Stoughton Friday, causing minor injuries and blocking a street, police say. Commuter Rail service on the Stoughton Line was ending a stop early “until further notice.” The blocked street near Stoughton Center is expected to be closed for several hours, according to the Stoughton Police Department. They didn’t immediately share what’s...

A woman says she lost control of her car, which caused her to flip upside-down onto commuter rail tracks near Sherman Street in Boston at 4 a.m. on Saturday, according to police. Police say the woman wasn’t injured when she flipped her car. The car was towed from the tracks, which police said weren’t damaged from the accident. The...

The MBTA had already offered special event train service to Foxboro, and midday service to Foxboro along the Franklin Commuter Rail line, its website shows. The pilot program provides additional service.

A Foxboro weekday Commuter Rail Service pilot program began Monday, allowing riders to travel between South Station and Foxboro Station with 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday trains via the Fairmount and Franklin Commuter Rail lines. The first pilot for this service began in October of 2019, but ended up getting canceled in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re...

The MBTA announced Wednesday that it is launching a Foxboro weekday Commuter Rail Service pilot program, which is set to begin next month. The one-year service pilot is slated to begin Monday, Sept. 12, the MBTA said in a news release, and will allow riders to travel between South Station and Foxboro Station with 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday…

Orange Line riders are getting used to ‘shuttling off’ to work or school, instead of hopping on the train – with only a few hiccups along the way Tuesday morning. The MBTA says so far the progress on fixing the Orange line is going as planned – with five years of repairs still scheduled to be completed in the 30...

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak and others warned the commute could be worse Tuesday.

While some commuters around Boston found it took them at least twice as long to get to work Monday, it appeared to be a successful first weekday for the most part as both the Orange Line and part of the Green Line were closed. The real challenges are still ahead, however, officials warned. It appeared to be a similar story…

Monday’s commute in Boston, the first of the monthlong Orange Line shutdown, was deemed a success by city and state leaders.