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A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

This rendering of Back Bay is from inside the station facing the street. A glass wall shows the Back Bay Logan Express bus passing by. Inside, there is a staircase with blue tiling that leads down to the train platforms. Commuters are walking up the stairs, through the station, and sitting down.

Transit

Construction Is Underway On Back Bay Station Makeover

An aerial view of a field between two warehouses, a rail line to the right, and a street with sidewalks in the lower left. In the distance are some green forested hills.

Rail

MassDOT Begins Planning New Palmer Station for Future ‘Compass Rail’ Service

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Christian MilNeil

A blue-and-white Acela high-speed train, shot from a low angle near an empty set of railroad tracks in the foreground and overhead wires above.

Uncategorized

Amtrak Debuts New Acela Trains, Begins Southampton Yard Expansion

A dark silhouette of Wingaersheek Beach with a glowing orange and blue sunset horizon.

Travel guides

Romanticize It: Introducing Transit Girl Summer

Several people walk by the entrance to an old stone building with a broad stone arch and a cantilevered metal canopy over the doors. In the foreground a middle-aged man rides a bike on the street.

Feds Commit More Funding For Springfield Passenger Rail Improvements

Rail Reflections from the California Zephyr

Officials Announce $108 Million Federal Grant to Build East-West Rail

Gov. Baker, Rep. Neal Announce ‘A Path Forward’ for East-West Rail

A rendering of Amtrak's new Acela trains, scheduled to enter service in 2022.

Amtrak