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Rail crossings due for safety upgrades

By John Stilgoe
June 19, 2005

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Buses stop before rolling over railroad tracks. Across the region south of Boston, most of the cautiously moving buses are school buses. MBTA buses tend to operate in suburbs nearer Boston, in cities and towns that long ago demanded overpasses and underpasses. Amtrak trains encounter no grade crossings until far west of South Station, and MBTA commuter trains meet none ... (Full article: 951 words)

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