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The official schedule for South Coast Rail is now available.
On weekdays, the first inbound train from New Bedford Station to Boston’s South Station will leave at 4:27 a.m., and the last inbound train will leave at 9:23 p.m., with 14 total departing trains throughout the day. Outbound trains from South Station will have weekday departures from 6:45 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
On weekends, inbound trains will leave New Bedford Station from 4:47 a.m. to 9:53 p.m., with seven departures throughout the day. Outbound trains will leave South Station from 6:37 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
The new commuter rail route opens on March 24.
The MBTA will offer free fares and free parking for South Coast Rail riders every weekend through the end of April, including the Patriots’ Day holiday on Monday, April 21.
On weekdays, standard fare for a one-way trip to South Station will be $12.25, and reduced fare will be $6. Daily parking rates will be $4 on weekdays and, after April, $2 on weekends.
State Sen. Mark Montigny shared the schedule in a press release on Tuesday. The MBTA sent out its own press release later on Tuesday.
“I am pleased that the MBTA remains on track to deliver this long-anticipated service with a robust daily schedule,” Montigny said in the press release. “Free weekend service in April will help introduce commuter rail to our community and I encourage residents to take advantage of it.”
Direct rides from downtown New Bedford to Boston’s South Station will generally take 94 to 98 minutes, the schedule shows — up from a previous estimate of 90 minutes. Some trips that include a transfer will take nearly two hours.
The MBTA will run 32 daily weekday trips between Boston and the South Coast on the new line. The MBTA plans to run trains about every 70 minutes on weekdays, making 17 one-way trips per day between New Bedford and South Station. The Fall River branch will have 15 trips per day.
Trains will run about every 120 minutes on weekends.
Some trips will require a transfer at East Taunton Station. That’s because the MBTA will run “shuttle trains” adding extra service along the two branches of the route without clogging up the rails north of Taunton.
If you’re at South Station and the next outbound train is headed for Fall River, you can board that train and transfer in East Taunton to get to New Bedford Station. Or, if you’re at New Bedford Station, you can take an inbound shuttle train that stops in East Taunton and transfer to another train coming from the Fall River branch that will take you all the way to South Station.
Email Grace Ferguson at gferguson@newbedfordlight.org
The train station near downtown or pearl st. Only has a small parking lot. 20to25 cars. Most people will leave from the church st. Station. Good luck building housing in that area.
The downtown station has 260+ parking spots within 1,000 feet.
There is more unused land in the area.
The Church Street station area has low population density.
No luck needed.
“ The Church Street station area has low population density”. What city do you live in? That station is just blocks away from Nash Road,Tarklin Hill Road,Ashley BLVD, Acushnet Ave a heavily populated area.
New Bedford.
The area is primarily low value single family homes and underutilized industrial land.
There can be 1,000 midrise housing units in easy walking distance.
Not in New Bedford I’ve known for 57 years. Single-family homes only become more predominant north of Tarklin Hill Road. Around the station it is mostly triple deckers that housed the former millworkers.The under used industrial land around the former Elco and Payne Cutlery is still in remediation. No one has wanted to touch the Chamberlain site because of the cost. A storage facility has gone up in a near by mill and another one is going up behind Stop n Shop. “There can be 1000 mid rise housing units in easy walking distance”. Source please.
My New Bedford is 78 years old.
Look at Zillow, there are almost no triple decker’s within a half mile of the train station, it’s a single family residence area. . Storage operations are low rent. Create no employment.
“1000 mid rise housing units in easy walking distance”. Source please. ” – see all the four story condos in the North End. Mid rise is eight stories.
What is down side of the the train?
The same as wind power.
We didn’t have those things When New Bedford Was great.
Are New Bedford’s native born twenty somethings opposed to the train?
To be that young…..
First off, which train station in NB are you talking about? Secondly, you obviously haven’t been physically in NB so check out Google Maps satellite image for a more accurate view of the area.
Frank,
The Church street station.
I have lived in New Bedford for the last 25 years.
I use a commerical product, ArcView GIS, accuracy is measured in inches
Google is a consumer product, accuracy is measured in feet.
Nash Road,Tarklin Hill Road,Ashley BLVD, Acushnet Blvd are low density housing.
The Regency has 129 housing units on 1.8 acres.
The Regency was built when New Bedford was great.
Melville Towers has 319 on 2.2 acres.
I am excited to have it here; I am a regular rider, currently driving from NB to Middleboro. Unfortunately, it is still more time-efficient to drive to Middleboro. I am keeping my fingers crossed for an express train in the future. It would be significantly faster from NB if one of the morning trains could skip east Taunton and two out of the three stops in Brockton.
Anonymous..100% correct. Gonna cost you 20 more minutes to take the train from NB. Need an express train.
Agree. Will probably still commute to Middleboro
Awful that it changes other schedules for people going to work or coming home to pick up at day care
I am going to have to see if I can change my hours
The Church Street station is close to the triple deckers on Nash Road, Ashley BLVD, Acushnet Ave and so many side streets. The 4 story condos are mostly north of Voke and not within walking distance.
“Storage operations are low rent. Create no employment” No kidding. Thats my point. These underutilized industrial sites are not available for housing.
“1000 midrise housing units within easy walking distance.” Where? I asked for peer reviewed sources and you provided none just your own personal observation. Please provide peer reviewed sources to prove where 1000 mid rise housing units can be built around the Church Street station. By the way I support the train service.
Is your opinion peer reviewed?
The Regency has 129 housing units on 1.8 acres.
Melville Towers has 319 on 2.2 acres.
There are more than 360 acres with in 2,000 feet of the Church street station.
25,000+ housing units.
Is that too dense?
The Regency?
Melville Towers?
“There are more then 360 acres with in 2000 feet of the Church Street station” Where??? How much of that land is available for new housing? I doubt there is 360 acres of developable land anywhere in the city much less with in 2000 feet of the Church Street station.
New Bedford is a land poor city of only 20 square miles of land total and much of that land is unavailable for development anywhere. 360 acres is 4 times the size of Buttonwood Park at 97 acres.If you were to add up all the vacant lots in the city I doubt it would add up to 360 acres fit for new housing development. So where are these 360 acres of land for new housing within 2000 feet the Church Street station please.
New Bedford Airport
800 acres. You cant build housing there.
Acushnet Cedar Swamp State Reservation.
2000 acres. You cant build housing there.
Flora Pierce Nature Reserve.
200 acres. You cant build housing there.
There is the shopping plaza on Kings Highway. Will housing be built in the vacant parking lots? There was talk of that. Good luck getting the owners to give up there parking spaces. It took 20 years to find a new tenant for the former Shaws Supermarket alone.
There are some industrial buildings/lots that are being used as warehouse/storage space and a flee market. Will it be there?
There is the former Payne Cutlery/Elco site that is zoned industrial and is still in remediation.
So please clarify where there are 360 acres of developable land appropriate for new housing development within 2000 feet of the Church Street station please.
“Storage operations are low rent. Create no employment” No kidding. Thats my point. These underutilized industrial sites are not available for housing.”
America is being made great.
Better living through better zoning.
Melville Towers and the Regency are nowhere near Church Street. I am not making any claims. You are. Again please provide evidence of all the housing that can be built around Church Street.
Idk who needs to hear this I live by church st station at dottin place on the north end I live in a dense multi complex housing area surrounded by single homes. Church. St station is literally a life saver for us who can’t get downtown. This makes commuting to Boston way easier than the peter Pan or medical bus this is literally a door opener for job opportunities the price to Boston is equal to 5 miles Uber trip around New Bedford
I think the train is the best thing that happened guys did a good job on. It looks beautiful.
I think it’s beautiful
The train is a great thing! I overheard a young girl say that she’d never been out of New Bedford and I thought that was such a shame. Now, people have access to way more opportunities!