MBTA Commuter Rail

There were significant delays on the Kingston line due to fire department activity near the Hanson MBTA station. The train is also blocking part of Main Street.

The MBTA Commuter Rail says a train on the Kingston Line is delayed “due to fire department activity” in Hanson, Massachusetts. The train that left South Station at 3:33 p.m. was about an hour behind schedule, according to a tweet from commuter rail officials. The one that left an hour later was running about an hour and a half behind…

A man was seriously injured after he was struck by an MBTA Commuter Rail train in Concord, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. Concord police said the crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Commonwealth Avenue crossing. The Concord police and fire departments both responded to the scene. Initial reports from Concord police said the train had struck a vehicle. But they…

The incident happened on an outbound train around 6 p.m. past Boston Landing Station, MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said on behalf of Keolis, the company that operates the Commuter Rail.

Riders climbed over a fence to get off the railway after using emergency exits to escape a train stopped without electricity on the MBTA Commuter Rail.

A train on the MBTA Commuter Rail’s Framingham/Worcester Line was forced to stop in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood because of an electrical issue Monday, leaving it without air conditioning. The incident happened on an outbound train around 6 p.m. past Boston Landing Station, MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said on behalf of Keolis, the company that operates the Commuter Rail. Footage...

A train on the MBTA Commuter Rail’s Framingham/Worcester Line stopped due to an electrical issue near Boston Landing Station

The safety stand-down is being required by the Federal Transit Administration to go into effect after midnight Saturday. In a letter to the MBTA dated Thursday, the agency cited “a continued failure to sufficiently prevent unintended and uncontrolled train movements by disabled trains.”

According to the Transit Police Department, a man was trespassing on the right of way around 5 p.m. on the Worcester Line when he was fatally struck by an outbound commuter rail train in the area of 113 West Central Street.

A man is dead after being struck Wednesday evening by an MBTA commuter rail train in Natick, Massachusetts, transit police said. According to the Transit Police Department, a man was trespassing on the right of way around 5 p.m. on the Worcester Line when he was struck by an outbound commuter rail train in the area of 113 West Central…

The MBTA’s leadership and rank-and-file staff have not done enough to ensure its public transit service operates safely, the head of the T’s governing board said Thursday while calling on those up and down the agency’s ranks to redouble their efforts. In the first MBTA Board of Directors meeting since a June 1 collision between two Green Line trains,...

Abington High School senior Katelyn McCarthy was killed Friday night when she was struck by an MBTA commuter rail train in the area of Birch Street.

A high school senior was fatally struck by an MBTA commuter rail train late Friday night in Abington, Massachusetts, school and transit officials announced. “It is with the deepest regret that I need to inform you that last night a tragic accident resulted in the death of our Abington High School Senior, Katelyn McCarthy,” Abington Superintendent Peter Schafer said in…

The car was unoccupied, and no injuries were reported.

Questions remain after a train collided with a woman’s car in Wilmington, Massachusetts, killing her.

Local and state leaders are demanding answers from Keolis and the MBTA after a preliminary investigation found human error on the tracks cost one woman her life in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Roberta Sausville Devine, 68, of Wilmington, was killed when her car was hit by a commuter rail train at North Wilmington station Friday night. According to the MBTA, a signal…

City and state leaders are demanding answers after a woman was killed when her car was hit by an MBTA Commuter Rail train.

The MBTA says a preliminary investigation has revealed that human error was a factor Friday when a commuter rail train collided with a car in Wilmington, Massachusetts, killing the 68-year-old woman inside.

The MBTA says a preliminary investigation has revealed that human error was a factor Friday when a commuter rail train collided with a car in Wilmington, Massachusetts, killing the 68-year-old woman inside. MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak released a statement Saturday evening saying although the investigation into Roberta Sausville’s death remains very active, they have learned enough to report...

Fare changes proposed by the MBTA on Thursday will go before the agency’s board in March for final approval before potentially going into effect. The changes, designed with an eye on closing the gap in existing fare structures, offsetting pandemic-related costs and increasing ridership where possible, would go into effect on July 1 if approved. “If approved by the...