Best bet to rename Metra rail lines: Use history, geography as a guide
To address this, Metra is seeking rider input on two proposed naming systems through a public survey. This move is both ...
Mass Transit7d
ME: Rail advocates renew push for passenger service to Bangor
Narrowly defeated last year, rail advocates have returned with refreshed legislation aimed at restoring passenger service from Portland to Bangor.
Boston Herald13d
WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
The bomb was dug up near train tracks north of Paris, forcing a shutdown of the rail network serving Gare du Nord, France’s ...
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‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris triggers major rail disruption
Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were ...
Wells on track: $11.8M Amtrak Downeaster expansion underway
The new platform, along with the added track capacity, will support an additional Downeaster train that will operate between ...
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Passenger rail backers tell lawmakers ‘Maine needs to get on board’ with expansion plans
Tavis Hasenfus remembers hearing about the heyday of passenger rail service that ... directs the Maine-Canadian Legislative Advisory Commission to work with Canadian officials to see if a line could ...
The Argus14d
Sussex train stations with most and least cancellations
The stations in Sussex with the most and least cancellations over four weeks across January and February have been revealed. The data has been published by the Office for Rail and Road and covers ...
Echo news15d
Essex train stations cancellations percentage revealed
Two train stations in Essex had no cancellations over four weeks across January and February. The data has been published by the Office for Rail and Road and covers the period January 5 to ...
Portland Press Herald15d
Auburn rail line to Portland should be a trail, lawmakers told
Opponents of the proposal to create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along the route say the tracks should stay in place in case passenger rail service returns ...
WHDH15d
‘Not safe, that’s for sure’: Ceiling panel falls at Harvard MBTA station
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Debris fell from the ceiling of the Harvard MBTA station in Cambridge Thursday morning, and this isn’t the first time it’s happened. An MBTA rider who said he was ...
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How noticing ‘glimmers’ helps you train your brain to not turn away from suffering
Deb Dana, a licensed clinical social worker who splits her time between Illinois and Maine, has been recognized ... before moving to the Boston suburbs in 2016.
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MBTA publishes schedule for South Coast Rail
"We've been waiting for years for the train station, and now that we finally ... from Fall River leaves at 9:21 p.m. and will arrive in Boston at 11 p.m.. But some say the long ride won't keep ...