Transportation

The MBTA's fleet of commuter rail locomotives, including 40 new cars, poses "challenges" for the vendor tasked with operating the 388-mile system that has an annual ridership of 35 million and ongoing reliability problems.

While in prominent positions, Polito and McGovern's true power comes from what behind-the-scenes work results in: federal and state funding.

Full commuter rail service for the recently opened, $93-million Wachusett Station on the Fitchburg Line will commence next week.

A new Automotive Technology Program is underway at the Department of Correction in Milford with the goal of getting inmates trained for the workforce upon exiting prison.

Worcester's Union Station is in need of over $6 million in repairs 16 years after it was brought back from the dead.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito is bouncing from town hall to town hall in central Massachusetts on Monday, meeting with officials from Boylston, West Boylston, Milford and Princeton, and signing Community Compacts with those towns.

Twenty-five percent of vehicles purchased annually by state government must be zero emission vehicles by 2025, under legislation approved by the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday.

Milford Regional Medical Center announced late Friday afternoon it plans to discontinue offering inpatient pediatric services.

The first phase of building new roadway through old toll plazas will be complete ahead of Thanksgiving and the speed limits there will soon be increased.

It has been three years since JetBlue service began at the Worcester Regional Airport, with over 350,000 passengers having flown with the service through Worcester since 2013.