Service begins on long-awaited South Coast Rail commuter line

Passenger Rail Service Returns To Massachusetts South Coast

FALL RIVER/NEW BEDFORD – Massachusetts officials celebrated the start of the MBTA’s South Coast Rail on Monday. To entice passengers, the service is being offered for free through the end of this month, and parking is temporarily no-cost, also. The commuter rail line formerly known as Middleborough/Lakeville has been renamed the Fall River/New Bedford Line […] The post Passenger Rail Service Returns To Massachusetts South Coast appeared first on…

The Healey-Driscoll Administration, together with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the Bay Transport Authority (MBTA), celebrated the launch of the South Coast Rail, marking the start of the service on the new Commuter Rail line connecting Fall River and New Bedford to Boston. This significant event took place aboard the Commuter Rail trains, where Governor Maura Healey, Lt.Governor Kim Driscoll, MassDOT's secretary a…

For first time in 65 years, South Coast residents can get to Boston on a commuter rail train - The Boston Globe

For the first time in more than a century, residents of Massachusetts' southeastern communities can hop on a commuter rail train and be whisked directly into Boston.

Decades in making, South Coast rail service begins Monday

BOSTON (SHNS) - Gov. Maura Healey plans to board a train in Fall River Monday morning, marking a seemingly improbable dream ride for southeastern Massachusetts residents who had expected commuter rail service to be restored to the area decades ago. Alongside MBTA General Manager Phil Eng, Healey plans to travel to the rail station in East Taunton, where she will catch up with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt…

MBTA launches South Coast Rail service

Passengers wait to board the MBTA’s first South Coast Rail train in New Bedford, Mass., in a s screenshot from a WBZ-TV video. BOSTON — Massachusetts’ South Coast Rail commuter operation is now officially in service. The 37-mile addition to the MBTA commuter rail network launched today (March 24, 2025), with the Fall River Herald News reporting that well over 100 people were on hand to catch the first train, a  scheduled 4:27 a.m. departure from…

All aboard! South Coast Rail now in service

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — The South Coast Rail is now in service for the first time in 65 years. Jules Wang is from Quincy and was in New Bedford bright and early Monday morning, catching a ride on one of the first trains. RELATED: South Coast Rail service, parking free through March, first few weekends "This is going to be a game changer for the region," Wang said. "I'm going to be seeing friends more often here because of this train." T…