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Eyes On the Trail: A New Link From Sudbury to West Concord
With its connection to the MBTA and adaptive bike rentals, the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is now among the most accessible rail trails in the Metrowest region.
October 21, 2025
DCR, MBTA Host ‘Fall Rail Ride’ To Concord and Wachusett This Weekend
The MBTA and Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are celebrating the recent extension of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Concord and Sudbury with a “Fall Rail Ride” this weekend, Oct. 25th, with a special train from Boston.
October 21, 2025
DCR Starting Construction On Two MetroWest Mass. Central Rail Trail Projects This Spring
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is moving ahead with two projects this spring to formally complete two large segments of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail.
March 13, 2025
New Trails We Can Look Forward To In 2025
In the past year, Massachusetts trailbuilders cut the ribbon on about 15 miles' worth of new car-free bike and pedestrian trails.
December 30, 2024
MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide
On Friday, state and municipal officials from across the Commonwealth convened near the Upper Charles Trail in downtown Holliston to announce $12 million worth of grants that will fund dozens of trail design, construction, and maintenance projects across Massachusetts.
June 24, 2024
PHOTOS: Construction Progress On New Rail Trails In Sudbury and Waltham
A construction tour of the progress on new segments of the Bruce Freeman and Mass. Central Rail Trails in Sudbury, and, a few miles to the east, on the Waltham section of the Mass. Central Rail Trail.
June 16, 2023
3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023
Before the end of the decade, it should be possible to travel between Lowell, Marlborough, and Waltham almost entirely on off-street pathways.
March 7, 2023
From Framingham to Lowell, Progress Continues on a 25-Mile Bike Path Through Boston’s Western Suburbs
Additional trail sections to extend the trail further south, towards Framingham, and further north, towards downtown Lowell, are in the planning stages.
June 28, 2022
A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs
This fall, trail advocates and officials are celebrating ribbon cuttings on two significant new trail connections in the suburbs west of Boston: a 2.5 mile segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail through West Concord, and a 4.5 mile segment of the Wayside Trail (part of the longer Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, which extends from Somerville to Northampton) in Weston and Wayland.
October 1, 2019
