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Person hit and killed by train in Newton
A person was struck and killed by a commuter rail train in Newton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said, causing delays on the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line. The fatal crash happened near the Auburndale MBTA station. The MBTA warned that Framingham/Worcester line riders would see “severe delays” while authorities investigate the situation. The DA’s office...
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Truck hit by train in Littleton, delaying Commuter Rail
An MBTA commuter train hit a truck in Littleton, Massachusetts, on Monday, closing a street and causing delays on the Fitchburg Commuter Rail line. The collision took place on King Street Extension, according to Littleton police, near the intersection of King and Taylor streets. They shared a photo of a damaged tractor-trailer — it appeared the train had hit the…
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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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MBTA Commuter Rail train hits and kills man in Hyde Park
A man was fatally hit by a train Tuesday in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood. MBTA Transit Police said the crash occurred around 3:10 p.m. at the Hyde Park commuter rail station. The man was holding a suitcase while trying to cross from one track to another, attempting to get over a fence, when he was hit by the Providence/Stoughton...
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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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Man killed by MBTA commuter train in Cohasset
A man was hit and killed by an MBTA commuter train in Cohasset on Saturday, police said. The incident involved a man in his 50s on the tracks south of Cohasset Station, police said. They were called about 12:13 p.m. for the investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear if the man, who hasn’t been identified, was on the tracks accidentally...
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‘We can do better': Lawmaker slams MBTA's 7-year timetable to reopen commuter rail station
The only MBTA Commuter Rail station in Lynn, Massachusetts, has been closed since last year, and the timetable has residents frustrated. Officials say the project to repair Central Square Station could take seven years. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., is calling for an improvement. “We just saw in Philadelphia that they replaced a highway bridge in two weeks,” Moulton said. “Come…
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Concerns raised about timeline to fix commuter rail station in Lynn
People in Lynn are frustrated after officials said repairs to the Central Square MBTA Commuter Rail station could take seven years.
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2 Killed by Commuter Rail Trains in Whitman and Billerica
Two people are dead after being hit by MBTA Commuter Rail trains Tuesday in Massachusetts. One crash around 8:30 p.m. on the Kingston Line in Whitman killed a female pedestrian, believed to be between the ages of 16 and 19, transit police confirmed. “On behalf of the entire MBTA organization we express our most sincere condolences to the family, friends…
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Train Tickets for Taylor Swift Concerts at Gillette Sell Out in Hours
Taylor Swift fans are sounding off after train tickets to her eras tour sold out in hours.
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Taylor Swift Ticket Trouble, Part 2: Commuter Rail to Gillette Sells Out on Concert Dates
The second-hottest ticket in town sold out in a flash. First came the battle to get tickets to Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium. Now, some fans can’t get train tickets to see the show. The MBTA has spent a lot of time on Twitter Friday calming down furious fans who weren’t able to get round-trip commuter rail tickets. “I...
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Travel Ticket Trouble for Taylor Swift Fans
Commuter rail passes to see Taylor Swift perform at Gillette Stadium next week are sold out.
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Abington Leaders, Crash Victim's Mother Call for Improved Safety at Railroad Crossings
Lori Frost can still hear the train’s horn from her home in Abington, Massachusetts. Each time it blares, her mind is immediately taken back to May 13, 2022, the night her daughter, Katelyn McCarthy, was killed. “The whole night is kind of a fog that I play over and over and over in my head every morning when I wake…
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Abington Leaders Call for Safety Improvements at Railroad Crossings
Despite meeting federal safety standards, the MBTA Commuter Rail crossings in Abington are an outlier when it comes to crashes and fatalities.
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Rail Benefits Eyed as T Completes $255M Land Deal
The MBTA has completed its purchase of a 24-acre parcel in Boston, bringing under the transit agency’s umbrella a strategically located plot that officials say is critical to improving commuter rail operations and a pair of major expansion projects. T officials announced Wednesday they finalized a $255 million deal to buy the land at Widett Circle, capping a years-long effort…
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Commuter Train Delayed, Road Closed Due to Fire Department Activity in Hanson
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.
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‘Fire Department Activity' Delays MBTA Commuter Rail Train in Hanson
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…