The MBTA has received final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration to begin South Coast Rail passenger service on ...

Excluding Maine’s second-largest city was a mistake ... Canada Legislative Commission to examine restoring passenger rail from Boston to Montreal.

The station sits along the famed Boston & Maine rail line and opened in 1879, but closed with the end of passenger service in 1955. Various businesses operated there until Tierney bought it.

The Downeaster currently runs five times a day to and from Boston ... Susan Collins, R-Maine, said in the release. “With this funding, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority will ...

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For the first time in 65 years, Taunton, Freetown, and New Bedford will have passenger rail service to downtown Boston, starting on March 24. The South Coast Rail project has been years in the making.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced that South Coast Rail passenger service will begin March 24 ... contract for its Commuter Rail network, which runs from Boston to ...

WELLS, Maine — The expansion of the Amtrak Downeaster ... according to the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. Once complete, Amtrak Downeaster trains arriving at the station from ...

Narrowly defeated last year, rail advocates have returned with refreshed legislation aimed at restoring passenger service from Portland to Bangor.