Editing Transportation in Boston (section)

=== Major transit hubs ===
There are several major transit terminals in the Boston metropolitan area.

Major rail stations include:
* [[South Station]], which is served by [[Amtrak]] and [[MBTA]] commuter trains and subways, and intercity buses via the adjacent bus terminal 
* [[North Station]], which is served by Amtrak and MBTA commuter trains and subways

==== Freight rail ====
[[CSX Transportation|CSX]] is the only [[class I railroad]] serving the Boston area, which it reaches by its [[Boston Subdivision]] line to [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and by [[trackage rights]] over the Northeast Corridor. CSX also has trackage rights over much of the southern half of the MBTA's commuter rail network. In February 2013, CSX moved freight operations from its Beacon Park Yard in [[Allston, Massachusetts|Allston]]<ref name="sppnemc"/> to a newly refurbished [[Double-stack rail transport|double stack intermodal yard]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and a new [[transload]] facility in [[Westborough, Massachusetts|Westborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-the-governor|title=Office of Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito|website=Mass.gov}}</ref>

The other significant freight railroad in the Boston area is [[Pan Am Railways]] (PAR; formerly known as the Guilford Rail System). PAR is a [[class II railroad]] that operates lines to the north and west of Boston, reaching destinations in [[New Hampshire]], [[Maine]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] as well as Massachusetts. It also has trackage rights over much of the northern half of the MBTA's commuter rail network. In May 2008, PAR announced a venture with [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] to create a jointly owned freight corridor, branded the [[Patriot Corridor]], linking Boston to a newly refurbished intermodal yard in [[Mechanicville, New York]], just north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref name="sppnemc"/><ref name=parnspc>{{cite web | publisher = Norfolk Southern Corp. | url = http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Media/News%20Releases/2008/news051508_2.html | title = Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern Create the Patriot Corridor to Improve Rail Service and Expand Capacity in New York and New England | date = May 15, 2008 | access-date = June 9, 2008 | archive-date = June 1, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080601044128/http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Media/News%20Releases/2008/news051508_2.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Only a few rail freight customers remain in or near Boston, including a chemical packager in Allston, and food distribution facilities and a scrap metal processor in [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]]. The Class III  [[Fore River Railroad]] serves two major customers in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]. A plan to ship [[ethanol]] by rail to a gasoline mixing plant in [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]] was reviewed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/planning/Main/CurrentStudies/EthanolSafetyStudy.aspx|title=Ethanol Safety Study|work=state.ma.us|access-date=April 14, 2013|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625102843/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/planning/Main/CurrentStudies/EthanolSafetyStudy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2012/03/08/plan_to_ship_ethanol_to_revere_by_train_raises_concerns/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211131808/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2012/03/08/plan_to_ship_ethanol_to_revere_by_train_raises_concerns/ |archive-date=December 11, 2014 |title=Rail plan for ethanol is decried | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/planning/Main/CurrentStudies/EthanolSafetyStudy.aspx Study of the Safety Impacts of Ethanol Transportation by Rail through Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, and Revere] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625102843/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/planning/Main/CurrentStudies/EthanolSafetyStudy.aspx |date=June 25, 2013 }}, MassDOT 2013</ref> In the face of community opposition and pressure from the state legislature, the company withdrew its proposal on July 2, days before the [[Lac-Mégantic derailment]].<ref>[http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/07/03/ethanol-trains-boston-cambridge-global-kp/ Trains Carrying Flammable Liquids Won’t Be Traveling Through Greater Boston] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105214/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/07/03/ethanol-trains-boston-cambridge-global-kp/ |date=December 24, 2013 }}, Steve Annear, Boston Daily, July 3, 2013</ref>