Editing Transportation in Boston (section)

==== Commuter rail ====
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[[Image:Wellesley Hills station.jpg|thumb|right|Commuter Rail train at Wellesley Hills]]
The MBTA commuter rail system brings people from as far away as [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence (Rhode Island)]] into Boston. There are approximately 125,000 one-way trips on the commuter rail each day, making it the [[List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership|fifth-busiest]] commuter rail system in the country, outranked only by the various systems serving New York and Chicago suburbs.

There are two major [[rail terminal]]s in Boston: [[North Station]] and [[South Station]]. Commuter rail lines from the North Shore and northwestern suburbs begin and terminate at North Station; lines from the South Shore and the west start and end at South Station. There is no direct rail connection between North Station and South Station, so that interchange between the two stations generally requires the use of two different subway lines (Red/Orange or Red/Green).  However, passengers on commuter lines serving [[Back Bay (MBTA station)|Back Bay Station]] can interchange directly from there to North Station using the Orange Line, and passengers on the [[Fitchburg Line]] can interchange directly from [[Porter (MBTA station)|Porter]] to South Station using the Red Line.