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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]
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 ...
The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light rail lines (the Green and Mattapan lines), and a five-line bus rapid transit system (the Silver Line); MBTA bus local and express service; the twelve-line MBTA Commuter Rail system, and several ferry routes.
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.
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 station reopened in October 1987 and has served Providence/Stoughton and Franklin line trains since. [1] When Boston–Foxboro service (for special events at Foxboro Stadium) moved to the Providence/Stoughton Line in 1989, Hyde Park was one of the intermediate stops. [14] However, it was dropped from the special events service in the early ...
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.
The MBTA first implemented the stored-value CharlieTicket on the Silver Line in February 2005. [42] [43] Tickets are inserted into a slot in the gate or farebox, the fare is deducted, and the ticket is returned to the rider. [42] [44]