The impact of choosing to #JustTakeTheTrain
It’s time to look back on what a wonderful year 2025 has been! This is our 2nd annual Commuter Rail TRACKed, made with the help of riders like you who took our survey (plus some train math we did of our own). This year, we had 29,002,616 rides traveled on the Commuter Rail! Keep scrolling for an even deeper dive into all things 2025 TRACKed.
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Going green by riding purple
Reducing our carbon footprint together
Each trip on the Commuter Rail saves an average of 14 lbs of CO2. This year, we had 29,002,616 trips taken on the train! That means you helped us save 406,036,624 lbs of carbon emissions in 2025. It would take 8,459,096 mature trees to offset that amount of CO2. You could fill Boston Common 1,128 times with that many trees!
One new line = countless new adventures
Introducing service to the South Coast
This year, we added a new line: Fall River / New Bedford. This includes 6 new stations (Middleborough, East Taunton, Freetown, Fall River Depot, Church Street, New Bedford) and a total of 37 new miles of track.
Pack your headphones
What you tuned into on board
You listened to 3,047 hours of audiobooks, 2,060 hours of podcasts, and 52,313 hours of music while on the train! If you add all those hours up, it’s equivalent to about 2,393 days, or 6 years and 6 months. Those must’ve been some pretty compelling stories, conversations, and tunes!
The ultimate carpool lane
All aboard for adventure
This year brought us some incredible games, concerts, and celebrations. We took you to Bruins games during their 100th season, concerts at Gillette/Fenway, and even the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution in Concord! According to our survey, your top reasons for taking the train were: 1. commuting 2. weekend leisure 3. special events 4. visiting family/friends 5. shopping/dining.
Time together
Less traffic, more train
We crunched the numbers, and those who chose not to take the train this year spent 24,462,500 hours by themselves in their cars, while you spent 32,627,943 hours on board, making countless connections with your community!