Riders in Boston trying to head home faced delays of about 4 hours. Service alerts show many trains on the newly opened South Coast Rail have been running about five to 20 minutes late.

The MBTA's long-awaited South Coast commuter rail line finally began service Monday. It connects a large part of southeastern Massachusetts with South Station in Boston for the first time in 65 years.

With the South Coast Rail project running and heading into its ... s extension through Middleborough now links New Bedford with Boston for the first time since 1958. It’s a 90-minute ride ...

For 40 or 50 years, “we’ve been hearing [South Coast Rail] was going to come,” said Mark Jacintho, of Acushnet, who boarded the train to Boston with his wife, their daughter Jessica Cormier ...

With South Coast Rail up and running, new avenues are open for people in New Bedford and Fall River to reach key tourist destinations in and around Boston that might save people time, parking fees ...

Yes, all six South Coast Rail stations have lots — and parking ... Sold: The downtown Boston office tower One Lincoln was auctioned off Friday — on the literal sidewalk — for just $ ...

In a time of economic uncertainty in Massachusetts and the country, there is some anecdotal evidence of people pulling back ...

NEW BEDFORD — Now that South Coast Rail rail is running from Boston to New Bedford, tourists have been flocking to the Whaling City on weekends to experience what the area has to offer.

With the South Coast Rail project running and heading ... Passengers aboard an MBTA commuter rail train to Boston wait as the train passes by the rainbow tank in Dorchester on Tuesday, March ...