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Freetown in 1845. Two stations on the line in Freetown were open until the 1930s. Freetown was announced as a potential South Coast Rail station in 2009. The planned station site was relocated slightly to the northeast in 2018. A construction contract was issued in 2020, and the
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The MBTA awarded a $ 159 million contract for construction of the Fall River
Secondary portion of the project, including Freetown station, in May 2020. Service was then planned to begin in November 2023. The station was 27% complete by February 2022, with 82% of platform foundations complete.
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village. Station plans released as part of the Final
Environmental Impact Report in 2013 were nearly identical to the 2009 plans. On June 11, 2010, the state took ownership of the Fall River Subdivision (renamed the Fall River Secondary) and several other
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In 2017, the project was re-evaluated due to cost issues. A new proposal released in March 2017 called for early service via
Middleborough by 2024, followed by full service via Stoughton by 2029. Freetown would have only been built as an
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Substantial completion of the Fall River
Secondary work was announced at an event at Freetown station in December 2022. Opening was delayed to mid-2024 in September 2023. In June 2024, the opening of the project was delayed to May 2025.
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lane will be located next to the platform, with a driveway to South Main Street. A canopy will cover the portion of the platform adjacent to the entrance from the parking lot, with smaller canopies near the ends of the platform.
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moved the planned station about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) northeast, as the previously planned site had been developed for use by a business.
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Freetown station off South Main Street near the Route 24/79 expressway. A 2009 conceptual design called for a single
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1020:"Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates Substantial Completion of $ 159 Million Contract for South Coast Rail Main Line Construction"
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986:"MBTA Construction Contract No. K78CN03: Fall River Secondary Commuter Rail Expansion Project"
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expressway. It will have a single 800-foot (240 m)-long high-level
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in December 1846. Two stations were located on the line in Freetown:
706:. Everts & Richards. 1895. pp. 48–49 – via Ward Maps.
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VHB/HNTB (January 31, 2018). "Chapter 2 – Alternatives Analysis".
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Freetown station will be located in the southwestern part of the
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South Coast Rail Economic Development and Land Use Corridor Plan
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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Bristol County, Massachusetts
959:"South Coast Rail Main Line Construction Contract Approved"
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The Scenic Shoreline Route Serving New York and New England
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Freetown station during a ribbon cutting in December 2022
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station was substantially completed in December 2022.
721:. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 34–36.
672:. June 5, 1845. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
620:"South Coast Rail Project Phase 1 - Freetown Meeting"
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Future railway station in Freetown, Massachusetts, US
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Construction of the new passing siding in April 2021
644:(2 ed.). Branch Line Press. pp. 401–405.
544:in Phase 1 rather than Phase 2. The January 2018
398:on the west side of the single main track of the
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717:Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985).
546:Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
991:. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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512:released 18 potential station sites for the
386:between the South Main Street and the Route
775:"South Coast Rail Fact Sheet: October 2008"
757:"Table 19: Boston-New Bedford-Fall River".
719:Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years
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556:References
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217:Passengers
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170:170 spaces
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196:Fare zone
133:(planned)
126:Platforms
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454:Thwaites
384:Freetown
320:Location
297:Terminus
178:8 spaces
63:Location
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969:May 12,
510:MassDOT
486:Conrail
462:Millers
446:Assonet
438:Myricks
415:History
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344:Assonet
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