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This weather is wreaking havoc on commuting.Driving home in the rain last night took it took me about 1 hour, 45 minutes to drive from downtown Boston to the Route 146 exit on the Mass Pike.. The Pike...

How about a whole lotta rain? These downpours are pretty intense. I wasn't outside for a long time, but enough to see some flash flooding. People had to step away from the curb to avoid the huge sp...

I drove to work today. No, I didn't drive because of yesterday's endless commute. I actually have something outside of the city to do tonight after work. So it is easier for me to drive in so I can...

Sorry about yesterday's post. I was still asleep and not really back in the swing of things.Today I kept my eyes open and tried to capture the trip for the blog.1. There was a beer bottle broken at t...

I can't say I missed my morning commute. I was just not into it this morning.I hear the bus has been coming later and later.I need a jump start.------------------------------Bus Departure Time: 7:10 ...

I received the following email from the MBCR's RailMail service at approximately 11:30 a.m. today. It is nice to have an explanation as to why the Worcester line's trains were so messed up today. Th...

Well, today certainly wasn't a great day to be a Worcester-Framingham line commuter rail rider!When I got to the Grafton station, it seemed more crowded than usual. I checked my Blackberry and there ...

Trains, State Funding and Being Green. That sums up this morning's news round-up.A Letter to the Editor of The Boston Globe from the Executive Director of the MBTA's Advisory Board leads today's news...

Hello Train Stopping readers! I'm back from my business trip and vacation.My first commute in 1 1/2 weeks was good. The train arrived right on time at 7:09 a.m. this morning and we were at South Sta...

This afternoon the universe found a way to make the B Line more slowly than ever. Initial reports say lightning struck the wires between Packard’s Corner and Harvard Ave; disabling a train in th...

The collapse of the highway bridge in Minneapolis had a wide-ranging impact. After years of ignoring the condition of the Longfellow Bridge, Massachusetts suddenly found itself unable to put off that ...

The Globe published this story on red light cameras which includes this little paragraph on page three: In addition to reducing the fine from $100 to $25, the bill that made it though the Transportati...

This was a new one on me: coach #704 on the Franklin #715 train tonight (Thursday, 7/17/2008) didn't have air conditioning on one half. It was the half closer to the engine (and to Franklin, for that ...

I posted this at Railroad.net yesterday, and you probably won’t be surprised by any of it. Arlington The Arlington side of the station was due to reopen two and a half months ago. There is littl...

Today's Telegram & Gazette featured an article about the new municipal garage abutting Union Station in Worcester.Most of the article focused on the Franklin Street underpass.

Driving to work this morning, I heard on the WXLO traffic report that there was an accident at the Rt. 140 - Rt. 30 intersection in North Grafton. I hope none of the Train Riders who use the Grafton ...