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    The MBTA Commuter Rail (reporting mark MBTX) system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation...
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    MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (signed as, and often known by, its former name of Boston Engine Terminal) is the primary train maintenance repair...
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    The NSRL would connect Amtrak and MBTA Commuter Rail lines that terminate either at North or South Station. For MBTA, it would link northern lines to South...
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    weekday ridership of the commuter rail system was 107,500, making it the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the U.S. The MBTA is the successor of several...
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  • Heath Street, Blandford Street, and Northeastern University. All MBTA Commuter Rail lines except the Lowell Line have a dedicated layover near the end...
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    station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA rapid transit Orange Line and three MBTA Commuter Rail lines (Needham, Providence/Stoughton, and Franklin/Foxboro)...
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    the first pilot unit, No. 2001, was delivered to the MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility to begin testing and training. Two other pilot units were...
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    The Framingham/Worcester Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system runs west from Boston, Massachusetts to Worcester, Massachusetts through the MetroWest region...
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    Haverhill Line (formerly Haverhill/Reading Line) is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from downtown Boston, Massachusetts to Haverhill...
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    reconstructed three-track mainline for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and MBTA Commuter Rail trains, and a linear park. After this re-routing was accomplished...
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    Authority (MBTA) commuter rail station located in the Readville section of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is served by the MBTA Commuter...
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    Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is operated as part of the MBTA bus system, but branded as bus rapid transit (BRT) as part of the MBTA subway system. Six...
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    and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is served by most MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line trains, as well as by all...
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    End neighborhoods. It serves MBTA Commuter Rail and MBTA subway routes, and also serves as a secondary Amtrak intercity rail station for Boston. The present...
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    Kingston/Plymouth Line, and Middleborough/Lakeville Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, and three MBTA bus routes. The station is named for the John F. Kennedy...
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    : 1–2  The vehicle maintenance facility (VMF) is located in the Inner Belt area adjacent to the MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility. It includes a four-track...
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    Massachusetts that connects North Station to MBTA Commuter Rail lines serving areas to the north. Although rail bridges across the Charles River near the...
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    light rail) run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area. It is the oldest MBTA subway...
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    The Fitchburg Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which runs from Boston's North Station to Wachusett station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts...
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    The Lowell Line is a commuter rail service of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north–south between Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts. It is 25.4...
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    Riverside station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail station located in the Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts...
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  • Grand Junction Railroad (category MBTA Commuter Rail)
    in use for rail traffic, by the MBTA to transfer southside commuter rail equipment to and from the MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility, and by Amtrak...
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    The agreement also provided for the MBTA to subsidize commuter service on the railroad's remaining commuter rail lines for $1.2 million annually. Original...
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    Haverhill Line commuter rail right of way, lowering land acquisition difficulties. When planning the line in the mid-1960s, the MBTA decided that the...
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    North Station (category MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston)
    North Station is a commuter rail and intercity rail terminal station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is served by four MBTA Commuter Rail lines – the Fitchburg...
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    bus operations on January 8, 1972. The MBTA had primarily been formed to subsidize the suburban commuter rail network. However, the agency also took over...
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    1975. The MBTA began subsidizing Penn Central's commuter rail service between Boston and Framingham in January 1973. On January 27, 1973, the MBTA acquired...
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  • Thumbnail for Newburyport/Rockport Line
    The Newburyport/Rockport Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running northeast from downtown Boston, Massachusetts towards Cape Ann and...
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    these shutdowns. A new maintenance facility at Riverside was opened on July 12, 1976, to serve the new LRV fleet. The MBTA's first LRVs operated on the...
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    The Fairmount Line or Dorchester Branch is a line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Except for a short portion in Milton...
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