Boston rebuilds its regional rail system. (Massachusettes Bay Transportation Authority - MBTA: includes a related article on MBTA's operations control center)(1998 Regional/Commuter Rail Planner's Guide)

Railway Age | November 1, 1997| | Copyright

Few North American regional rail systems are more representative of recovery and expansion than Boston's MBTA. Among large systems, none have posted stronger ridership gains.

Over the last decade and a half the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has invested more than a billion dollars to complete a comprehensive rehabilitation and modernization of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's regional rail system that has transformed North America's oldest system into one of its most advanced. With 11 routes radiating from North and South stations, the Boston system ...

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