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Service on one of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon after a car crashed into a train, officials said. The driver of a Tesla drove around closed crossing gates and struck a commuter rail train in Hingham, a Keolis spokesperson told Boston 25 News.
First responders responded to a crash involving a car and an MBTA commuter rail train near the Nantasket Junction rail stop.
A communication wire issue led to the evacuation of about 465 passengers from a Blue Line MBTA train in Boston.
The cost of running the MBTA has climbed dramatically since the phase out of the agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board, according to a new study by the Pioneer Institute.
Shuttle buses will replace train service on the MBTA’s Red Line between Kendall/MIT and JFK/UMass Station beginning Thursday evening, officials said. Train service will be suspended between those stops from 8:30 p.m. on Thursday through the end of service on Sunday for regularly scheduled maintenance work, officials said.
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A service on one of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon after a car crashed into a train, officials said.
A person died after they were struck by an MBTA Blue Line train, with shuttles provided to passengers at the station.
Shuttle buses are replacing a portion of the Blue Line due to a signal issue at the Aquarium station, the MBTA said Tuesday.