*** Welcome to piglix ***

Framingham Subdivision

Framingham Secondary
Foxboro MBTA station, Foxborough MA.jpg
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 12 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

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.


...
Wikipedia

...