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Keolis commuter rail workers protest wages, benefits
The breakthrough labor agreement MBTA officials and union leaders reached last year included significant increases in pay, retention bonuses and other perks that supporters say are already yielding benefits for the workforce’s culture. But over on the commuter rail, whose operations the MBTA contracts out to Keolis Commuter Services, employees are telling a far different story. More than a dozen Keolis...
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2 years after woman's death in crash with MBTA Commuter Rail train, family seeks accountability
The images of the mangled white car on Celeste Edmundson’s television didn’t register with her initially. She was watching a news report about a car that had been hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train, and immediately thought of her sister. “I sent her a text saying, ‘I hope you weren’t on that train,’” Edmundson recalled. Time passed, but...
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Family seeks accountability after deadly train crash
It has been nearly two years since Roberta Sausville was killed when her car was hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train in Wilmington.
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Repairs complete along Commuter Rail line in Leominster after historic flooding
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...
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NBC10 Boston Responds Helps Woman Who Couldn't Access Money on MBTA Parking Card
A parking system upgrade at the MBTA’S commuter lots left a Massachusetts woman with a problem. For years, Erin Skeffington of Marshfield commuted to work from the Quincy Adams MBTA station, where she would park her car and catch the train. In March of 2020, she loaded up her parking card with more than $200. “What you do is you…
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Woman Reaches Out for Help Accessing Money on MBTA Parking Card
A Marshfield woman was left without access to the money on her old parking card after a change to the MBTA’s parking system.