Penny Kmitt is a reporter for WBZ-TV's morning news. She joined the station in December 2023 from CBS-affiliate WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. The MBTA has debuted a newly refurbished train car as part of ...

If you ride the MBTA commuter rail north of Boston, you might be lucky enough to take a train with a retro-looking locomotive leading the way. A refurbished locomotive, painted maroon and yellow in ...

The MBTA’s board of directors voted Thursday to spend roughly $253 million to overhaul 40 diesel commuter rail locomotives bought and deployed in the 2010s. “It’s probably a necessary evil,” Brian ...

The MBTA is preparing to close stretches of multiple subway and commuter rail lines for maintenance work on select upcoming weekends. The shutdowns will affect the Orange, Blue and Red lines, as well ...