Switch track issue leaves passengers stuck on Commuter Rail for hours
Keolis, who operates the Commuter Rail, confirmed that the problem was an issue with an Amtrak switch near the Forest Hills station.
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Dracut Fire Department welcomes new Engine 1 with ceremonial ‘push-in’
The Dracut Fire Department’s new Engine 1 has arrived. The new fire engine, a 2024 E-One Typhoon capable of pumping up to 1,500 gallons of water per minute, has taken over for the department’s aging ...
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MBTA officials look to speed up red, orange lines
MBTA officials say they want the red and orange line trains to go faster.MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng says parts of both<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
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Former Keolis official pleads guilty in $8 million fraud case
A former official for Keolis Commuter Services, operator of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter trains, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Keolis of $8 million. John P. Pigsley, 59, the ...
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Select Board’s role as traffic commissioners clarified; town pledges to improve road work communications
By Carol Britton Meyer After their role as traffic commissioners was debated during recent discussions about the impacts of a seawall repair project, select board members this week heard from the town ...
MBTA funding, hospital closures, and other takeaways from Healey’s new budget
Gov. Maura Healey's $62 billion budget proposal was announced this week. It includes major transit and education investments.
NY to Get $106 Billion Boost From Transit Upgrades, E&Y Says
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to spend a record $68.4 billion to modernize New York City’s aging transit system will create an estimated $106 billion of economic activity throughout ...
Lights. Camera. Ticket? Healey wants to allow Mass. cities, towns to deploy speed cameras
Officials from Boston, Cambridge, and elsewhere have for years sought the ability to use automated cameras for traffic enforcement, arguing it could lessen the burden on local law enforcement and help ...
Former Keolis employee pleads guilty to stealing $8M from commuter rail, defrauding IRS
A former high-ranking Keolis employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $8 million intended to operate the MBTA commuter rail system and to defrauding the IRS, the U.S. Attorney said Thursday.
Cold weather complicates MBTA morning commute in Boston
The cold weather has caused big issues for commuters in Boston. WBZ-TV's Laura Haefeli reports. Elizabeth Warren's recommendations for Elon Musk's DOGE include cutting Department of Defense spending ...
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Eversource Announces Energization of the Sudbury to Hudson Transmission Reliability Project
Sudbury to Hudson in eastern Massachusetts was the final project completed in Greater Boston and New Hampshire Solution suite of transmission projects.
Healey blasts Trump tariffs as ‘terrible’ for Mass. economy
Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods would be “terrible for the Massachusetts economy," Gov. Maura Healey said.