Good News from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Yesterday, the MBTA opened the completely restored historic Old Colony Railroad line which ceased operations in 1959. The old ROW was used to create the Greenbush Line. The authority restored the other portion of the Old Colony Railroad - now known as the Middleborough/Lakeville and Kingston/Plymouth branches - 10 years ago.
The $512 million Greenbush Line features seven stations and serves the towns of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset and Scituate, Mass. MBTA will provide 12 round trips between Boston's South Station and Greenbush Station in Scituate each weekday and 8 round trips on weekends. The authority expects the line to serve about 8,600 weekday riders.
[...what do you bet the ridership will ultimately far exceed all of the expensive forecasts...why would anyone bother with a car on the Southeast Expressway these days anyway? Now if North and South Station were just connected to unite the northside and southside commuter rail lines....! ]
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