All subway, bus and commuter rail lines will be free after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.
The MBTA has announced its New Year's Eve and New Year's Day schedule. Some highlights include:
The MBTA on Tuesday unveiled a plan to balance the 2013 budget that would include fare hike and service cuts for commuter rail riders on the North Shore.
Commuter rail riders on the North Shore could be facing a 23 to 44 percent hike in fares later this year under a new fare structure proposed by the MBTA on Tuesday. The proposal also includes completing eliminating weekend commuter rail service as well as cutting all train service after 10 p.m. on weeknights. Salem and Beverly stations are the second and third most-used stations, respectively, across the entire commuter rail network in eastern Massachusetts. About 20 hearings have been scheduled in the coming weeks to hear feedback on the proposal. If approval by T leaders, the changes would go into place on July 1. Under the proposal, a one-way trip from Salem to North Station in Boston, for example, would go from $5.25 to either $7 or $7…
Peter McMillan
11:40 am on Thursday, January 5, 2012
Time to move back into Boston more ›