TAUNTON — “I’m confident everything we have now is on schedule,” MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said at a South Coast Rail presentation Wednesday evening at Taunton City Hall. 

Eng said the plan the MBTA announced in June to have South Coast Rail operational by May 2025 is on track. 

Construction is nearly complete on the $1 billion South Coast Rail project, which will connect passenger trains to Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton for the first time since 1958, linking the region to Boston. With the exception of a few components, all the train stations are either complete or have temporary certificates of occupancy.

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