Franklin/Foxboro Line

Franklin/Foxboro Line
An inbound train leaving Readville station in 2014
Overview
Owner	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Locale	Southeastern Massachusetts
Termini	South Station Forge Park/495, Foxboro
Stations	17
Website	www.mbta.com/schedules/CR-Franklin
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Train number(s)	700–731, 741–758 (weekday) 1700–1717 (Saturday) 2700–2717 (Sunday)
Operator(s)	Keolis North America
Daily ridership	8,771 (October 2022)[1]
Technical
Line length	27.4 miles (44.1 km)[2]
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend 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  Framingham/Worcester  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 Dedham Branch 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 Framingham Secondary to Framingham 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 This diagram: view talk edit

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 weekday trains use the Northeast Corridor before splitting off onto the namesake Franklin Branch at Readville, though some weekday trains and all weekend trains use the Dorchester Branch (Fairmount Line) between Boston and Readville.

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.