Passenger rail service has been restored to Fall River and New Bedford for the first time in nearly 67 years — the South Coast Rail to Boston is now officially open for business.
Multiple decades in the making, the MBTA’s Middleboro/Lakeville Line has now been renamed the Fall River/New Bedford Line. It extends from Boston south to Taunton, Fall River and New Bedford, connecting the SouthCoast’s three largest cities to the state capital by train for the first time since 1958.
In New Bedford, well over 100 people waited at the station before dawn to witness the first train of the new Fall River/New Bedford Line leaving the station at 4:27 a.m. The new pedestrian bridge spanning Route 18 aglow behind them, people were buttoned up against the early morning's chill, but warm with excitement. Most were there to mark the occasion, including Ruhaan Sharma-Soneja, who said he had also seen the opening of the MBTA's Green Line extension in 2022.
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