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Starting in May 2016, one train will depart from Worcester’s Union Station at 7:55 a.m. and arrive at Back Bay Station in under an hour.

The MBTA said they also plan to add two more zone express trains in both directions daily.

Trains on the Framingham/Worcester line can stop up to 16 times en route to South Station, the MBTA notes. This should take about a half hour off the commute.

The Worcester/Framingham Line schedule will consist of 11 Boston-bound trains in the morning during the peak weekday commuting window. Of that total, seven trains will originate in Worcester’s Union Station, with one train making all local stops on the line; five trains running zone express; and one train running non-stop to Back Bay Station. The current schedule only includes three zone express trains within that window.

In the evening hours, the new schedule will include nine trains leaving South Station with six ending at Union Station. Of those six, five will be zone express, and one will run non-stop from Back Bay Station. Three additional trains leaving South Station will end in Framingham.”

(http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/10/07/commuter-rail-worcester-boston-nonstop)

(http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/09/boston_grand_prix_sputters_as_massport_vows_it_wont_pay_for)

Remember the Grand Prix race that Boston will host Labor Day weekend 2016? Now that the Olympics furor has settled down, the Grand Prix race is getting some traction, but it might not be entirely funded with private money as previously stated.

From the article:

“Organizers for the Boston Grand Prix, represented by the same political insiders who had a major role in the Boston 2024 Olympics bid, have been quietly meeting with state and quasi-public agencies to hammer out contracts to tap public resources for the event, officials told the Herald.

The race through the city’s expensive waterfront district was initially billed by race officials and Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration as “privately-funded,” but now some state agencies and the event organizers are not ruling out public assistance.

“We’re still negotiating,” said Kate Norton, spokeswoman for the Grand Prix and a former Walsh aide, whose consulting firm, CK Strategies, was a key player for the disastrous Olympic bid. “Some of these roads are under state jurisdiction.”

(https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/09/race_could_cost_taxpayers_big)