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[KevinKorell]

Spectrum News 1,  9/25/23:
 

 

'Heart to Hub' train will no longer be express starting next month
   

 

 

The "Heart to Hub" train out of Worcester will no longer be an express route in the near future.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Clark University Scarlet, 10/19/23:

 

 

  Loss and Gain in Worcester Train Service      

 

 

Taking the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail from Worcester to its final destination in Boston takes an hour and thirty-five minutes when stopping at every station along the line. Since 2016, a “heart-to-hub” service has run an express morning and afternoon train for commuters which only stops in Worcester, Framingham, and three Boston stations, for a trip that is around an hour and five minutes long. On Oct. 2, the commuter rail’s fall schedule went into effect, replacing the express train with one that makes five additional stops bringing the travel time to just under an hour and a half. 

 

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Cross posted in Amtrak and MBTA forums.

[KevinKorell]

Patch, 4/16/24:

 

 

    Worcester Assembles Taskforce To Improve Train Service    

 

 

Seven months after the MBTA downgraded express train service between Worcester and Boston, city officials have convened a group of top local leaders to examine how trains serve the state's second-largest city.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WGBH Radio, Boston, MA, 4/25/24:

 

 

 

    What's faster: train or car? Worcester to Boston commuters say it's not that simple a choice       

 

 

It was 5:30 a.m. when we arrived at the starting line: the middle of an empty Union Station in Worcester.

 

One team — a reporter and commuter — was about to board the train to Boston. The other reporter-commuter duo was ready to carpool. The race was set, and the stakes were high: Last one to South Station would buy breakfast.

 

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