Construction crews worked on the Fall River Depot Tuesday.
This week, construction crews continued work on the Fall River Depot, a new train station that will connect commuters to Boston via the South Coast Rail project. A second line, linking Boston with New Bedford, is also under construction.
Passenger service on both lines is expected to start in 2024, according to Jennifer Tabakin, the MBTA’s Program Manager for the project.
In addition to building the new stations, crews must upgrade the region’s existing tracks, which currently carry freight trains and are not suitable for passenger use, according to MBTA engineer Dan Letendre. “We take out the stick track which is that
FALL RIVER No trash is good trash, according to Mike O’Sullivan. And that includes the stuff that’s not overly conspicuous.
“It’s our community, and it doesn t matter whether you can see it or not,” Sullivan said.
The co-chief executive of One SouthCoast Chamber was referring to a gully of refuse that has accumulated behind and below his Fall River chamber of commerce building on Pocasset Street.
The subterranean collection of coffee cups, cardboard and face masks is wedged against a chain link fence separating Interstate 195 from the chamber’s parking lot.
O’Sullivan says although it’s not visible to passersby on Pocasset Street, drivers entering I-195 East from a nearby ramp can catch a glimpse of the mess.
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Under Phase 1 of the South Coast Rail Project, six new commuter rail stations will be built along the Middleborough-Lakeville line, including at Middleborough, East Taunton, Freetown, Fall River Depot, Church Street in New Bedford and New Bedford.
Construction work for the long-awaited South Coast Rail Project linking southeastern Massachusetts to Boston is ramping up this spring.
Under Phase 1 of the South Coast Rail Project, six new commuter rail stations will be built along the Middleborough-Lakeville line, including at Middleborough, East Taunton, Freetown, Fall River Depot, Church Street in New Bedford and New Bedford.
The Fall River and Freetown Stations are part of the first construction package.