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The MBTA has announced service changes for next month on the Mattapan, Green and Orange lines as the agency continues working to improve reliability across the system. Riders will be able to find more information on these services changes through in-station signage, in-station public announcements and online at mbta.com/alerts. There will also be transit ambassadors and MBTA staff available...

A teenage driver managed to avoid being injured after his car got stuck on MBTA Commuter Rail tracks and was hit by a train Thursday night in Stoughton, Massachusetts, police said. The driver told officers he’d taken a wrong turn and ended up getting stuck on the tracks, according to MBTA Transit Police. When the train hit the car,...

The latest MBTA project will close parts of the Red Line for nearly a month. A big stretch of tracks will be replaced and should improve travels times, the T says.

The T says a section of the Red Line will be out a service for weeks to eliminate slow zones.

MBTA Red Line riders will have to expect some disruption over the next few weeks as crews are starting a new project to eliminate slow zones. Its 24-day closure starts Friday, allowing crews to replace nearly 20 miles of track. While the end goal is something Red Line riders are looking forward to, those who use the T stop at…

A new program being unveiled by the MBTA Wednesday is giving a helping hand to low income riders. 

The MBTA’s new program aimed to help lower-income riders will start on Wednesday.

A new MBTA program that will cut the price of fares significantly begins Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people are eligible, and it could save them hundreds of dollars a year. “Whether you are using a Commuter Rail, a ferry, a bus or the ride, if you qualify you are now going to get a discounted fair,” said Gov. Maura…

The MBTA is giving almost any adult living on a low income in Massachusetts the chance to apply for reduced fares starting Tuesday.

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The MBTA’s income-eligible reduced fare program is launching Wednesday, potentially cutting transit costs in half for about 60,000 riders. It offers reduced fares to riders between the ages of 18 and 64, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level – that’s $30,120 a year for a single person or $62,400 for a family of four. Previously, reduced fares…

MBTA subway and trolley service was knocked out for just over 20 minutes Tuesday because of a power issue at a substation in downtown Boston, officials said. Most of the train service was restored by about 1:40 p.m., but the MBTA said over an hour later that Orange Line service was still affected, with signal issues in Jamaica Plain, between…

The MBTA is on a new fall service schedule which features an updated route for the Route 66 bus. The changes, which went into effect on Aug. 25, use the Harvard Bus Tunnel to offer new stops and a new layover location. The bus will no longer stop at JFK at Eliot Street, and instead stop at 16 Eliot Street….

The current suspension of the MBTA Red Line service will be extended through Monday after an overnight incident involving track maintenance vehicles, the T announced Friday. A construction vehicle hit another construction truck at about 12:30 a.m. near the Longfellow Bridge in Boston, according to the T, who said the truck was then pushed into another construction vehicle. Work was…

If you frequent the MBTA’s Red Line, you may need to make some adjustments this week. Some service will be suspended starting Monday, according to the T, who said free shuttle buses will replace trains between the JFK/UMass and Kendall/MIT stations. Free commuter service will be available between Braintree and South Station and between Porter and North Station. This...

A man is dead after he fell onto an electrified third rail at the MBTA’s Park Street Station in Boston, transit police say. The incident occurred on the southbound platform just before noon, police added. According to a preliminary investigation, the man appeared to be impaired and/or under the influence of some intoxicant. He was unsteady on his feet...

MBTA Transit Police say a man violently attacked a group of officers Wednesday at the Park Street stop in Boston. The 25-year-old man, whose name was not released, was arrested after biting, head-butting and punching the officers, police said. One officer was hospitalized with a serious bite wound, according to police. Police say the man wanted to sleep on the…

A man was stabbed Tuesday in East Boston, according to police. The stabbing occurred at about 9 p.m. outside the Maverick MBTA stop, Boston police said. The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police, who said officers came across a crime scene in front of 15 Father Jacobe Road. They didn’t specify whether the two…

The Fairmount Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail will be the first to use electric trains.

Trains powered by electricity rather than diesel fuel are not scheduled to begin rolling on the MBTA’s Fairmount Line for years, but public officials are so excited about the now-concrete plans for more frequent service with less pollution that they gathered in the hot sun Tuesday morning to celebrate an achievement that likely won’t be attained until 2028. The...