The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has officially allocated $123 million for expanded passenger rail service between the western part of the state and Boston. The funding comes from the ...

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) announced Dec. 18 that its east-west rail corridor, connecting the City of Novato to Suisun City, has been designated for inclusion under the ...

“The governor has made a full commitment to East-West Rail. The conversation has gone on for a long period of time.” Talks about the project have run for five or six years, Baker said. He said that ...

During Gov. Maura Healey's first year in office, some residents in western Massachusetts are renewing calls for faster and more frequent rail service connecting them to the eastern part of the state.

Lawmakers kicked off a months-long process to look into how best to implement an East-West passenger rail service, but cautioned that since the statewide connection involves private and federal ...