No MBTA commuter rail out of North Station serving that area?
Nope...her little town is in the heart of darkness.
I just looked at a commuter rail map, and the nearest station to her is the end of the line at Forge Park 495 about 15 miles away. But that would necessitate driving all the way 10 miles SW to Abington, parking the car there, taking a train NE all the way into South Station in Downtown Boston, changing trains, and the traveling MANY miles SW to Forge Park 495, and arranging for someone to pick me up and drive NW to Hopedale. From the looks of it, probably 100 miles of travel in four different conveyances.
You can’t make this stuff up.