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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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‘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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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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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 $255 Mil 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…