Framingham Secondary

Framingham Secondary
Foxboro station is used for game day and special event service to Gillette Stadium
Overview
Type	Railroad
Status	Operating
Locale	Worcester County, Norfolk County, and Bristol County Massachusetts
Termini	Framingham Mansfield
Stations	1
Operation
Owner	Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Character	Surface Level
Technical
Line length	21 miles (34 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Framingham/Worcester Line Waverly Street (MA-135) Blandin Avenue Leland Street Framingham-Sherborn Border Prospect Street Hunting Lane North Main Street Street (MA-16) Farm Road East Goulding Street Forest Street Sherborn-Medfield Border Hospital Road to Millis former route to Needham Junction Medfield (closed 1967) West Street Cottage Street Main Street Curve Street South Street Medfield-Walpole Border Elm Street to Franklin Walpole, towards Boston Summer Street Walpole-Foxborough Border Washington Street (MA-1) Foxboro (special events only) North Street Chestnut Street Bird Street Mechanic Street Cocasset Street Leonard Street Elm Street Spring Street Foxborough-Mansfield Border Mansfield This diagram:

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 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.

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.

The entire line opened in 1869 as the Mansfield and Framingham Railroad. 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.