The recently opened project includes six new Massachusetts stations to link to the city by rail for the first time in 65 years.

Train advocates say the 90-plus-minute ride from New Bedford to Boston is faster than a car. Is it? We tested it out for ...

Alongside MBTA General Manager Phil Eng, Healey plans to travel to the rail station in East Taunton ... and the new line joins a string of others into Boston. Sen. Mark Montigny, a New Bedford ...

The train service's Downeaster line, which operates five times a day from Brunswick, Maine to Boston ... and more. The Boston ...

The Downeaster currently runs five times a day to and from Boston. The train makes six Maine stops: Wells, Saco, Portland, Freeport and Brunswick, as well as a seasonal stop in Old Orchard Beach.

The MBTA's long-awaited South Coast commuter rail line finally began service Monday. It connects a large part of southeastern Massachusetts with South Station in Boston for the first time in 65 years.

On a weekday morning, one reporter would take the commuter rail, one would drive. The quest: who could get to South Station in Boston the fastest? Here were the rules: Reporter Frank Mulligan ...