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Phase 2 will add 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of double track between Franklin and Norfolk; it will allow headways to drop from 45 to 35 minutes. Phase 3 is planned to complete double-tracking between just north of Franklin/Dean College station and just south of Readville station , including the modification of several stations.
The MBTA gradually increased service on the Franklin Line; in 1977, the agency began an $11 million track and station reconstruction project on the line, partially funded by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. [7]: 46 [18] Ridership on the line tripled from 1982 to 1990, with much of the increase at Norfolk. [5]
The double-track line to the north was to follow an alignment ... (Ill.). Chicago Urban Transportation District. "Chicago-Franklin Line Rail Rapid Transit Project ...
The MBTA gradually increased service on the Franklin Line. In 1977, the agency began an $11 million (equivalent to $43 million in 2023) track and station reconstruction project on the line, partially funded by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, which included improvements to the platforms at Norwood Central.
Norwood Central station is located near downtown Norwood, about 0.4 miles (0.6 km) south of Norwood Common. The two-track Franklin Branch, used by the Franklin/Foxboro Line service, runs approximately north–south through Norwood. Just south of the station, the East Walpole Industrial Track diverges from the mainline, which becomes a single track.
The NY&NE had been double-tracked from Winslow to Walpole in 1881, and on to Franklin in 1882. The Old Colony added double track from Mansfield to Walpole in 1889, but the Walpole-Framingham section was single track until 1910. [6] The Old Colony Railroad was acquired by the New Haven Railroad in 1893. [7]
The Needham Line, closed since 1979 for construction, was reopened. The Attleboro and Franklin lines had been diverted over the previously freight-only Dorchester Branch during construction; after they returned to the Southwest Corridor, a shuttle service was retained as the Fairmount Line. [30]
Windsor Gardens station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Franklin/Foxboro Line station in southern Norwood, Massachusetts. The station has a single side platform serving a single track; it is not accessible. The only entrance to the station is from an adjacent apartment complex; use of the station is not restricted to ...