MBTA announces changes to Fall River/New Bedford and Providence/Stoughton rail lines
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services said that updated schedules for the Fall River/New Bedford and Providence/Stoughton rail lines would go into effect on July 21.
On the Fall River/New Bedford Line, midday and evening trains will no longer stop at JFK/UMass, and passengers may take the Red Line to connect with Commuter Rail service at South Station or Braintree.
MBTA added that t wo late-night shuttle trains, one from Fall River and one from New Bedford, will no longer operate in order to decrease the number of late-night train movements.
On the Providence/Stoughton Line, train 864 will now stop at Hyde Park to accommodate passengers in the Fairmount area during ongoing construction on the Fairmount Line.
