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.

It's a project roughly 40 years and $1.1 billion in the making: Rail service that reconnects passengers in South Coast communities, like New Bedford, Fall River and Taunton, to Boston. Trains are set ...

CHANGER. 03A RIBBON CUTTING IN FALL RIVER. THEN ALL ABOARD THE NEW SOUTHCOAST RAIL. THE GOVERNOR AND MBTA GENERAL MANAGER RIDING THE TRAIN TO THE NEWLY ADDED STOPS ALONG THE FALL RIVER NEW BEDFORD ...

The MBTA South Coast Rail project modernized more than seven miles of existing track, constructed two new layover facilities and built six commuter rail stations. Photo Courtesy MBTA Customer and ...

Outbound MBTA New Bedford Line train #2021 (left), and Fall River shuttle train #1971 (right, providing a timed connection to #2021), at East Taunton station. Wikimedia Commons/4300streetcar Usually ...

After decades of fits and starts, eager locals woke up before dawn last month to celebrate the arrival of commuter rail service from Fall River and New Bedford directly to Boston’s South Station, a 90 ...

State Sen. Mark Montigny has asked the MBTA to explain delays and cancellations of trains on the Fall River/New Bedford Line. The MBTA has responded with information and data about how many conductors ...