The Daily Commute: Foiled Again!

By Patrick O’Shea

Every morning hundreds of thousands of people commute into Boston for work. Many of these people use the MBTA commuter rail. Click here for slideshow.

Passengers wait on the platform in Rockport, Mass., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. The train sits motionless in the distance, unable to reach the platform due to a switch malfunction. Photo: Patrick O’Shea

Jen Heiser and Katie O’Shea make this trip twice a day, every weekday, year-round. Between late trains and snow delays in the winter, the journey is always full of surprises.Their trip starts at the end of the line in Rockport, and ends at North Station, with 12 more stops along the way. This is their trip into the city on Friday, October 14, 2016.