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[KevinKorell]

Sun-Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, 2/28/17:

 

 

State official says cost to expand commuter rail service to Gillette would be offset by boon to economy

 

 

Bringing commuter rail to Gillette Stadium could unleash perhaps $1 billion in economic development along Route 1, the state secretary of housing and economic affairs said Tuesday.

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[KevinKorell]

Guest column in Sun-Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, 3/8/17:

 

 

GUEST COLUMN: Bringing rail to Gillette a bad move

 

 

Thus far, the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) has made steady progress in its effort to revitalize the troubled transit agency. But sometimes, what you say no to is as important as what you do, and that is certainly the case when it comes to a proposed pilot program to bring daily commuter rail service to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

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[KevinKorell]

Boston, MA Globe, 7/28/17:

 

 

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Foxborough commuter rail service worries Fairmount Line advocates

 

Advocates for improving the MBTA’s Fairmount commuter rail line are raising concerns that a proposed suburban service to Foxborough could disrupt travel for low-income and minority passengers in Mattapan, Hyde Park, and Dorchester.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Opinion in Sun-Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, 8/21/17:

 

 

MBTA on right track with Foxboro commuter rail

 

 

When it comes to financially responsible ways to increase public transportation in the Attleboro area, we’re all aboard.

 

That’s why we salute the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s recent decision to launch an 11 1/2-month pilot program expanding weekday commuter rail service to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sun-Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, 11/29/18:

 

 

Foxboro on board for pilot commuter train service program starting in May

 

 

The MBTA commuter rail pilot program for train service between Gillette Stadium/Patriot Place and Boston is set to begin in the spring.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Foxborough Patch, 11/2918:

 

 

Foxborough Starting Pilot For Commuter Rail Service To Boston

 

 

An 11-month pilot program for commuter rail service between Gillette Stadium and Boston will begin this spring, following an unanimous vote from the board of selectmen.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Now it's postponed until Fall.

 

From Foxborough, MA Patch, 3/28/19:

 

Foxborough Commuter Rail Service Delayed Until Fall

 

 

An 11-month pilot program for commuter rail service between Gillette Stadium and Boston was supposed to begin this spring. But the project has been delayed until Fall 2019 because track renovations taking longer than expected, the MBTA announced.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Attleboro, MA Sun-Chronicle, 9/19/19:

 

 

 

Foxboro commuter train to offer half-price fares 

 

 

 

A new commuter rail line between Gillette Stadium and Boston will offer some half-price fares for people traveling in the opposite direction of rush-hour traffic.

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[KevinKorell]

From MBTA site:

 

 

Foxboro Weekday Service Pilot 

 

 

On October 21, 2019, the MBTA is launching a year-long pilot to test interest in weekday Commuter Rail service to Foxboro.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WCVB-TV, Channel 5 in Boston, MA, 10/21/19:

 

 

  MBTA starts weekday commuter rail service from Foxborough to Boston 

 

 

The MBTA has started a one-year pilot program in which it runs weekday commuter rail trains from Foxborough to Boston.

 

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