The driver of a Boston subway train that stopped just inches short of a woman who had fallen onto the tracks says she expected the worst.

A Boston trolley operator accused of texting when he rear-ended another train has received three speeding tickets in a private vehicle since 2002.

A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says no mechanical problems have been found on a Boston train that crashed into another Friday, injuring about 50 people.

The MBTA’s budget problems are so severe General Manager Daniel Grabauskas says commuter rail may have to be dramatically reduced at night and eliminated altogether on the weekends.

A student wearing headphones fails to hear the horn of an oncoming trolley.

Wireless Internet access will soon be available on every coach traveling on the MBTA’s commuter rail lines.