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SupermarketFluid3144 t1_itvuaz0 wrote

Can we also talk about how there’s no link from Newport County to either providence or Boston? I live in Tiverton and drive to Attleboro to pick up the train for my commute to Boston. Thank god I only commute 1x-3x per week. I don’t know if I could do this every day.

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brogaant t1_itvyfxt wrote

Fall River is voting in two weeks on joining the MBTA, so that may be a better option for you if it passes.

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SupermarketFluid3144 t1_itvylsc wrote

They’re building the line already so it’s passed. It’s scheduled to open fall 2023 so with how things work I’m guessing it will be operational sometime in 2025

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brogaant t1_itw0g39 wrote

Residents have to vote yes to the question on the ballot, otherwise the MBTA trains will certainly pass through the city on the tracks that are already built, but they won’t stop at the station for passengers. We’ll see if the train is allowed to stop (AKA the city joins the MBTA) on 11/8.

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ToadScoper OP t1_itw2hcw wrote

MassDOT does not own the track bed past the Fall River-Tiverton border which creates an issue for reactivating the line. A new Sakonnet rail bridge would need to be constructed as well to connect the Fall River line to the Newport secondary

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SupermarketFluid3144 t1_itw3s7d wrote

I don’t think that’s part of the plan. From things I’ve seen/read it’s just focused on connecting Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton with Boston via the existing Middlebourgh/Lakeville line and secondary to the Providence/Stoughton line

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ToadScoper OP t1_itw4lmn wrote

Technically South Coast Rail will not be “truly” complete till 2030 since they still have to connect the Fall River/new bedford line from stoughton through Taunton, Raynham, and Easton. Until that is done, the south coast lines have to routed from middleboro which will undoubtedly be an operational nightmare for the MBTA

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