Framingham Secondary

Foxboro station is used for game day and special event service to Gillette Stadium

The Framingham Secondary (formerly the Framingham Subdivision) is a railroad line in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The line runs from Mansfield northwest to Framingham[1] along a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line. Its south end is at Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, over which CSX has trackage rights to reach the Middleboro Subdivision at Attleboro and the Boston Subdivision in Boston (via the Fairmount Line). Its north end is at the Framingham/Worcester Line; the Fitchburg Subdivision continues northwest from Framingham.[2][3]

Special MBTA Commuter Rail trains use the line between Mansfield and Walpole for access to Foxboro station, which is used for New England Patriots home games and other major events at Gillette Stadium.[4]

History

The entire line opened in 1869 as the Mansfield and Framingham Railroad.[5] It became part of the NYNH&H and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX Transportation as its Framingham Subdivision in the 1999 breakup of Conrail. Effective June 17, 2015, the state purchased the line for $23 million with the intent to upgrade it for faster game day service and eventual full-time passenger service.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CSX Timetables: Framingham Subdivision
  2. ↑ http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FH-Framingham_Sub CSX Framingham Sub
  3. ↑ http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Albany%20Div%20ETT%20%234%2011-1-2004.pdf CSX Albany Division Timetable
  4. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Hon. Edward Appleton, Railway Commissioner, History of the Railways of Massachusetts, 1871
  6. ↑ Jessen, Klark (16 June 2015). "MassDOT Completes Framingham Secondary Rail Line Acquisition" (Press release). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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