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|image = Inbound Campello.JPG |image_width = 300px |caption = A train leaves Campello station on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line |type = Commuter rail line |system = Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |status = Operating |locale = Southeastern Massachusetts |start = Boston South Station |end = Middleborough/Lakeville Kingston Plymouth |stations = 17 |routes = |ridership = Plymouth/Kingston Line: 6,560 (2014) Middleborough/Lakeville Line: 7,182 (2014) |open = 1997 (reopening) |close = |owner = Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |operator = Keolis North America |character = |stock = |linelength = Middleboro/Lakeville Line: Plymouth/Kingston Line: (Kingston)〔 |tracklength = |notrack = |gauge = |el = |speed = |elevation = |map = }} The Old Colony Lines are branches of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, connecting downtown Boston, Massachusetts with the South Shore and cranberry-farming country to the south and southeast. The Middleborough/Lakeville Line winds south through Holbrook, Brockton, Bridgewater, Lakeville and Middleborough and the Plymouth/Kingston Line heads southeast from Braintree, roughly following Route 3 toward Weymouth, Abington, Whitman, Hanson, Halifax, Kingston and Plymouth. The Greenbush Line, part of the original Old Colony system but restored separately, heads east from north of Braintree station towards Hingham, Cohasset, and Scituate. In fiscal year 2013, the Middleborough/Lakeville line averaged 7,182 one-way riders per weekday and the Plymouth/Kingston Line 6,560 riders for a combined daily ridership of 13,742 - a substantial decrease from daily averages over 19,000 several years before.〔 ==History== Historically, train service extended beyond the current terminus of the three branches. Greenbush service continued on a now-abandoned right-of-way to Kingston, where it joined the Plymouth line. The Plymouth line extended into downtown Plymouth, and a branch connected to Middleborough through Carver. Trains continued southeast from Middleboro to four different termini on Cape Cod: Woods Hole, Hyannis, Chatham and Provincetown. Another major branch continued southwest to New Bedford, and another to Newport via Fall River A number of minor branches also extended off the main lines. These included branches to Hull, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, North Hanover, and Fairhaven. None of those branches is currently operational. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Colony Lines (MBTA)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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