Live Breaking News & Updates on New Bedford Main

Stay updated with breaking news from New bedford main. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Residents along South Coast Rail hearing more train horns. Here's why.


Johnny Cash used to sing that he could “hear the train a’comin” and now those living near – even not so near – the South Coast Rail construction sites are finding themselves singing the same tune. 
Some on social media believed the horns are being heard further away from the tracks because of trees that have been cleared along tracks and right of ways where equipment is being brought in for the massive commuter rail construction project. 
However, Joe Pesturo, communications director at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, said he doesn’t believe that s why more residents are hearing the train horns.  ....

United States , East Taunton , Western Area , Sierra Leone , New Bedford , Massachusetts Bay , Fall River , Johnny Cash , Jean Fox , Wendy Bell Bethoney , Joe Pesturo , Norman Orrall , Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , Railroad Administration , South Coast Rail , Federal Railroad Administration , Coast Rail , Train Horn Rule , Quiet Zones , Supplementary Safety Measures , Transportation Bond Bill , East Taunton Station , Old Colony Avenue , New Bedford Main , மிடில் போரோ , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் ,