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Marshfield, Massachusetts, appears unlikely to draw a state lawsuit right away after its Town Meeting on Monday reportedly rejected a plan that would have complied with new zoning requirements for communities near MBTA service. Town Meeting shot down an 84-acre zoning change by a 169-289 vote, according to The Patriot Ledger, which reported that Marshfield’s town counsel told residents...

A man was arrested after he escaped police in a chase that started in Rhode Island and continued into Massachusetts on Friday, according to the Newton Police Department. The driver was found unconscious in a car in an MBTA Green Line parking lot Friday evening and arrested after another attempt at escaping, according to a statement from Newton’s police...

Children with autism recorded announcements for the MBTA Thursday.

An investigation is underway after a rail cart performing track work experienced a low-speed derailment at Orient Heights on the MBTA’s Blue Line on Wednesday morning. The derailment did not impact riders at the Blue Line station because planned track improvement work replaced train service with buses for the week, a T spokesperson said. Shuttle buses are currently replacing...

MBTA Transit Police is investigating the circumstances that led to a collision involving an MBTA bus in Boston Saturday morning. Police responded to the crash between the bus and an SUV on Washington and Stuart Streets around 10a.m. The drivers of the bus and the SUV experienced minor injuries but both denied medical care, police said.

Massachusetts House Democrats are planning to put hundreds of millions of dollars into public transportation for Fiscal Year 2025.

When he was announced last spring as the new general manager for the much-assailed transit agency, Phil Eng declared that it was “time for a new way of doing business at the MBTA.” In a wide-ranging conversation Tuesday with the MBTA Advisory Board, Eng reflected on his first year leading the T — covering the agency’s hiring spree, its focus on eliminating slow...

House Democrats want to inject hundreds of millions of new dollars into the MBTA, calling for a sharp increase in operating budget support and funding for new initiatives such as a hiring and training program. The fiscal 2025 budget proposal set to be rolled out Wednesday will include $555 million for the T, plus another $184 million for regional transit…

Service on the MBTA Green Line’s D Branch was suspended between Union Square and Lechmere Monday, the second time there was an issue along that stretch in under a week. The agency posted on X Monday that the delays were due to a signal problem near Union Square, and that they were taking a trolley out of service. It...

Service is suspended between Union Square and Lechmere during Monday’s evening commute. The MBTA says Route 87 buses are filling the gap.

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A big moment at the MBTA on Thursday as a plan for reduced fares for low-income riders was given unanimous approval from the control board. The action makes it so anyone earning 200% or less of the federal poverty level could see their price for riding the T slashed in half by summer. “It just means so much to me…

The newly approved plan will cuts costs in half for many low-income riders who weren’t previously eligible for reduced fares. 

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A contract “reset” with the manufacturer of new Red and Orange Line trains would set the end of 2027 as the latest completion target for the maligned project, add up to $148 million in allowable costs, and forgive tens of millions of dollars more in penalties. After a year-long review of the T’s contract with CRRC, a team of advisors…

An MBTA red line train delayed on Saturday during scheduled maintenance leading to major commuting delays amid a rainy day. 

An MBTA Red Line train derailment on Saturday morning caused delays in service. Shuttle buses replaced service on the Red Line for most of the day while commuters contended with the rainy weather. The MBTA says the train derailed shortly before 6 a.m. while shifting from one track to another at the crossover near Broadway as part of a previously scheduled...

The train was using the crossover as part of a previously scheduled Red Line diversion between Broadway, Ashmont and North Quincy for the Dorchester Avenue bridge project.

An MBTA train was evacuated in East Boston Friday.

Shuttle buses are replacing the MBTA’s Blue Line service between Suffolk Downs and Bowdoin due to an issue with the overhead wiring system near Orient Heights, the agency said Friday evening. An agency spokesperson said the issue started around 5:10 p.m. when a train lost power near Orient Heights. Boston Fire responded to evacuate about 180 people on the train…

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...

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…