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A man and his pet rat had to be escorted off an MBTA bus Thursday, according to Transit Pollice. A Transit Police officer responded around 5 p.m. to a disturbance onboard an MBTA bus at Jackson Square. A 56-year-old man had his pet rat sitting on his shoulder, causing other riders to feel unsafe and leave the bus, according to…

A New York man interrupted MBTA Green Line service in Boston Tuesday night after walking into the tunnel, police said. When he was arrested, the 21-year-old told officers “he needed to relieve himself,” the MBTA Transit Police said Wednesday. The incident took place about 9:45 p.m. at Symphony Station, on the Green Line’s E branch, police said. The man,...

Dozens filled a room Monday night inside the Quincy Housing Authority to talk about public safety concerns after police say a 64-year-old Asian woman was kidnapped earlier this month from an MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts, and taken to a home where she was raped repeatedly.

Dozens filled a room Monday night inside the Quincy Housing Authority to talk about safety concerns after police say a 64-year-old Asian woman was kidnapped from the Wollaston MBTA stop earlier this month and taken to a home where she was raped repeatedly.

Authorities say the incident occurred at around 11:40 p.m. on the stairs near the Franklin Street entrance of the Downtown Crossing MBTA station.

Police are investigating a stabbing at an MBTA station in Boston late Saturday Night.

No one was hurt in a crash between a Maserati and a train on the Green Line of the MBTA.

New details are emerging about the horrific rape and kidnapping of a 64-year-old woman at the Wollaston MBTA station in Quincy, Massachusetts. The alleged attacker was held without bail after a judge found him to be too dangerous to release and prosecutors said he tried to cover up the crime. In court Wednesday, prosecutors said 26-year-old Christian Lynch went shopping…

A 64-year-old woman was kidnapped from the Wollaston MBTA station and raped before being dropped off in a parking lot.

The B Branch of the MBTA’s Green Line was shut down for hours after a crash with a car on Commonwealth Avenue.

MBTA officials say no one was seriously hurt when a Green Line trolley collided with a Maserati in Boston Wednesday.

The MBTA says service has resumed on part of the Green Line’s B Branch after an accident near the Boston University Bridge. No one was hurt when a Green Line train collided with a Maserati. Service was suspended between Packard’s Corner and Kenmore station, the transit agency said, during the busy Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It has since resumed. The...

A set of stairs at the MBTA’s JFK/UMass station in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood are closed after inspectors found a “critical structural issue,” the agency said Tuesday. The stairs in question are at the Columbia Road entrance to the pedestrian bridge. Riders will be able to use the busway ramp to get to the station. The T will offer accessible...

The MBTA is cracking down on riders who don’t pay.

Under the new regulations, all offenses would draw a formal written warning before a citation. First, second and third offenses will carry fines of $50 each, and fourth and subsequent incidents will draw $100 fines.

The Medford branch of the extension project was previously slated to open sometime in November. Test trains have been running on the branch, and many locals are awaiting the official opening, which is now set for next month.

MBTA overseers on Thursday voted to move forward with a reshaped bus map that aims to boost the total amount of service by 25 percent across the board, despite concerns from some riders, advocates and elected officials about route-level changes included in the plan.

David Jones, 40, of Milton, was out for a run when he fell to his death on Sept. 11, 2021, through a broken section of staircase near JFK Station.

The five new Green Line T stations along the Medford branch will open next month

Transit police will soon be able to resume issuing fines to riders who fail to pay fares before boarding the MBTA under regulations the transit agency’s board approved Thursday that no longer allow arrests or driver’s license impacts as punishments.