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Four midday Foxboro round trips – but no peak Foxboro service – resumed on May 23, 2022. The line was renamed the Franklin/Foxboro Line at that time. [42] [43] Some Franklin/Foxboro Line trains began stopping at Forest Hills on September 3, 2022, to provide alternate service during a closure of the Orange Line. [44]
Forge Park/495 station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail station served by the Franklin/Foxboro Line.It is located off Route 140 near Interstate 495 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
Franklin/Foxboro Line: South Station Forge Park/495 Foxboro: 18 [a] (1 closed) 30.3 miles (48.8 km) – Forge Park/495 22.6 miles (36.4 km) – Foxboro 8,771 Needham Line: South Station Needham Heights: 12 13.7 miles (22.0 km) 4,881 Framingham/Worcester Line: South Station Worcester: 18 44.2 miles (71.1 km) 10,606 Fitchburg Line: North Station ...
Special MBTA trains are run over the Franklin/Foxboro Line and the Providence/Stoughton Line to Foxborough station for New England Patriots home games and other events at Gillette Stadium. The CapeFLYER intercity service, operated on summer weekends, uses MBTA equipment and operates over the Middleborough/Lakeville Line.
The service was made permanent effective October 2, 2023, with the service renamed as the Franklin/Foxboro Line. Foxboro station averaged 112–133 daily boardings by that time. The MBTA and the Kraft Group indicated they would attempt to find new funding to construct a full-length high-level platform at Foxboro.
The following stations had MBTA-subsidized service at one point, but are no longer served by the MBTA. Most were closed between 1967 and 1981, as four limited-service lines and a number of low-ridership stations were dropped.
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.
It serves the Fairmount Line and a small number of Franklin/Foxboro Line trains. It is located off Massachusetts Avenue at Newmarket Square in the Dorchester neighborhood. The station has two 800-foot (240 m) high-level platforms and sloping walkways connecting it to Massachusetts Avenue. [ 4 ]