Despite repeated delays, the southern coast of the coast of the Massachusetts Bay coast is again in service after more than 65 years.
The service, which began on March 24, connects Boston with Taunte, New Bedford and Fall River: the three large cities less than 50 kilometers from Boston that had no commuter rail access before, according to the agency.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) said that the project will help relieve traffic jams and to provide shorter journeys.
“After years of delays, we took this challenge and handed over to the people on the southern coast and benefit our entire state.” She said At the Grand Opening of the New Bedford Station in Taunte, Mass. “The start of the railway service will give people more options on how to move, where to live and where to work.”
Originally established for completion for 2023, Agency Records Note, the Design-Bid-Build The project was delayed during system tests. The final station was completed in the fall of 2024.
Again promoting the project launch date helped the team to commit more )resources and attention “to make the line more )reliable on the first day of service and beyond, “said the CEO of the authority Phil Eng in a statement )These projects are highly specialized and complex, which require specific experience, and the system testing phase is one of the most difficult aspects to ensure the perfect integration of all components. “”
The agency did not comment if no penalty was evaluated.
The project expanded the Middleborough Middleborough railway line by adding more than 17 miles of new court along the main line of New Bedford and almost 12 kilometers of new track along the secondary line of Fall River.
)The project also modernized more than seven kilometers from the Middleborough secondary line, from Pilgrim Junction to Cotley Junction, built two new disposition facilities and built six commuter railway stations,, Says Lisa Battiston, spokesman for the authority.
The agency granted the first phase, the first of two South Coast Rail building packages to a Skanska-DW white joint company in May 2020 for $ 159 million. In August, he granted SCR Builders, a joint company of the Middlesex Corp. and Tutor Perini, a $ 403.5 million contract to modernize the Middleborough line and build the signal and communication system for the first phase of the project.
The second phase of the project, known as the “Complete Construction” phase, continues to develop, according to Battiston, and will include a more direct and environmentally friendly journey in Boston, with more seasons, including one in the Brafting Hunting of Fall River. The authority is “currently focused on the delivery and maintenance of the current levels of the southern coast rail service,” he adds. “We plan to review the complete creation option in the future, which will be informed by the operations of the first phase.”
