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Speaker 1: I want to wish everybody a very, very happy holiday season.

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Speaker 2: I'm merry Christmas.

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Speaker 3: Governor Morriheey welcomed everyone to South Station for what has

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Speaker 3: become a holiday season tradition, the MBTA's Polar Express to

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Speaker 3: the North Pole and back. The train, sponsored by commuter

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Speaker 3: rail operator Kiolis, left the station packed with underprivileged young

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Speaker 3: kids and their parents for a trip filled with holiday

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Speaker 3: treats and a visit with Santa Claus. The trip comes

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Speaker 3: at the end of another year of what Governor Heaey

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Speaker 3: called significant progress at the MBTA.

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Speaker 2: The MBTA is cranking, you know, elimination of slow zones,

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Speaker 2: better service, fafter service. Ridership is way way up. I

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Speaker 2: am so excited about, you know where the TEA has

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Speaker 2: come from where it was just three years ago.

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Speaker 3: And Healey promising continued progress at the TEE in the

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Speaker 3: new year at South Station. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's news

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