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Inside Boston’s South Station, time is precious when you’re hustling to make the train. However, day after day, passengers have been greeted with “out of service” signs along the heavily-traveled path between the MBTA Red and Silver lines and the commuter rail platforms. “It’s frustrating, especially during rush hour,” one commuter told us. “I missed a train because it’s...

Transit police with the MBTA have launched an investigation, as they seek identification for a person of interest from a reported assault at South Station on Wednesday. Authorities with the T have asked for the public’s help in identifying the person of interest, who they posted photos of on social media. Transit police referred to the incident as an...

Although authorities have said that the suspect is a relative of the baby, it’s still unclear how he is related to the little boy and his mother.

A man is expected to appear before a judge on Thursday for his role in what police are investigating as a possible kidnapping of a baby boy. The baby is now home safe with his mother, after some scary moments at Boston’s South Station Wednesday evening. An alert went out around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday by the MBTA Transit Police...

Correction: An alert for this story misstated the child’s age An infant is believed to be safe after police said they were investigating a possible kidnapping from Boston’s South Station. Just before 8:30 p.m., the MBTA Transit Police said they were looking for a 1-month-old boy and a red Chevrolet Suburban. At 9 p.m., police said the vehicle had...

Beginning Saturday, Commuter Rail passengers will need to use new electronic fare gates to enter and exit North Station’s concourse, part of an effort by the MBTA to overhaul how it collects fares from riders. The new gates that will begin operation Saturday at North Station’s concourse, and will work similarly to fare gates on the MBTA’s subway lines...

Boston city and state officials are set to hold a groundbreaking event Tuesday for the next chapter in the massive redevelopment project going on at South Station, all while highlighting the work that’s already been done. The South Station Air Rights development is a multi-phase project that broke ground in January 2020. Part of the redevelopment will become the South…

This project doubles the bus terminal’s capacity and will eventually make for easier transfers.

A Foxboro weekday Commuter Rail Service pilot program began Monday, allowing riders to travel between South Station and Foxboro Station with 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday trains via the Fairmount and Franklin Commuter Rail lines. The first pilot for this service began in October of 2019, but ended up getting canceled in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re...

The MBTA announced Wednesday that it is launching a Foxboro weekday Commuter Rail Service pilot program, which is set to begin next month. The one-year service pilot is slated to begin Monday, Sept. 12, the MBTA said in a news release, and will allow riders to travel between South Station and Foxboro Station with 11 inbound and 10 outbound weekday…

Four teens are accused of a violent attack on a man outside South Station in Boston on Friday that left the 20-year-old victim with a severe concussion, a broken nose and a split lip.

The four suspects will face assault and battery and larceny charges.

The four suspects will face assault and battery and larceny charges.

Boston police are investigating after a man was violently attacked outside MBTA’s South Station.

Boston police said they are investigating the attack and no arrests have been made at this time.

After two years with services paused, Megabus will offer trips from Boston to major East Coast cities past New York. Beginning May 11, for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the bus company will resume trips from Boston’s South Station to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Megabus had already been traveling between Boston and New York. Other…

Two people were stabbed and seriously hurt on a Red Line platform at Boston’s South Station early Tuesday morning, police said, announcing the arrest of a man seen holding a knife. MBTA Transit Police officers were alerted to the stabbing when they heard screams coming from the platform about midnight, police said. When they arrived, they found two people...