East Taunton station is an under-construction MBTA Commuter Rail station in East Taunton, Massachusetts adjacent to the interchange between the Route 24 expressway and County Street. It is planned to open in 2024 as part of the first phase of the South Coast Rail project.
East Taunton station under construction in 2024
Cotley Junction in the early 20th century
Aerial view of construction in August 2021
South Coast Rail is a project to build a new southern line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system along several abandoned and freight-only rail lines. The line has been planned to restore passenger rail service between Boston and the cities of Taunton, Fall River, and New Bedford, via the towns of Berkley, and Freetown, on the south coast of Massachusetts. It would restore passenger service to some of the southern lines of the former Old Colony Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
The completed Freetown station in December 2022
Old Colony Railroad network in 1893
Junction between proposed New Bedford (left) and Fall River branches in Myricks
Tracks at Forge Road in Assonet proposed for restoration on the Fall River branch