Franklin/Foxboro Line

The Franklin/Foxboro Line (formerly the Franklin Line) is part of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. It runs from Boston's South Station in a southwesterly direction toward Franklin, Massachusetts. Most trains use the Northeast Corridor before splitting off onto the namesake Franklin Branch at Readville, though some trains use the Dorchester Branch (Fairmount Line) to reach Readville. Most weekday trains, and all weekend trains, bypass Hyde Park.

Franklin/Foxboro Line
An inbound train leaving Readville station in 2014
Overview
OwnerMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
LocaleSoutheastern Massachusetts
Termini
Stations17
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Train number(s)700–731, 741–758 (weekday)
1700–1717 (Saturday)
2700–2717 (Sunday)
Operator(s)Keolis North America
Daily ridership8,771 (October 2022)
Technical
Line length27.4 miles (44.1 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

0.0 mi
0 km
South Station
Greenbush Old Colony
limited service via Fairmount
 Orange   to Oak Grove
1.2 mi
1.9 km
Back Bay
Massachusetts Avenue
2.2 mi
3.5 km
Ruggles
Roxbury Crossing
Jackson Square
Stony Brook
Green Street
Forest Hills  Orange 
Needham
6.5 mi
10.5 km
Mount Hope
8.4 mi
13.5 km
Hyde Park
limited service via Fairmount
9.5 mi
15.3 km
Readville
Providence/Stoughton (NEC)
10.9 mi
17.5 km
Endicott
11.8 mi
19 km
Dedham Corporate Center
12.5 mi
20.1 km
Islington
14.3 mi
23 km
Norwood Depot
14.8 mi
23.8 km
Norwood Central
16.6 mi
26.7 km
Windsor Gardens
17.7 mi
28.5 km
Plimptonville
Lewis's Wye
19.1 mi
30.7 km
Walpole
22.6 mi
36.4 km
Foxboro
Framingham Secondary
to Mansfield
23.0 mi
37 km
Norfolk
Franklin Layover
27.5 mi
44.3 km
Franklin/Dean College
30.3 mi
48.8 km
Forge Park/495
Milford Secondary
36.4 mi
58.6 km
Blackstone
Southern New England
Trunkline Trail

Foxboro station is located on the Framingham Secondary branch line, which connects with the Franklin Line at Walpole. Previously, trains only served the station during special events at Gillette Stadium. Pilot weekday service to Foxboro ran from October 2019 to November 2020; it resumed in May 2022 and was made permanent in October 2023.

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