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|image = MBTA F40PHM-2C.JPG |image_width = 340px |caption = A commuter rail train at Route 128 |system = Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |status = Operating |locale = Southeastern Massachusetts Providence, Rhode Island |start = Boston South Station |end = Providence Branch:Wickford Junction Stoughton Branch: Stoughton |stations = 15 |ridership = Providence Line: 19,634 Daily Weekday (2014) 4,320 Saturday (2014) 3,318 Sunday (2014) Stoughton Line: 6,831 Daily Weekday (2014) No Service on Weekends 〔 |owner = Amtrak (Wickford Junction to RI/MA state line) MBTA (within Massachusetts) |operator = Keolis North America |character = Elevated and surface-level |linelength = 62.9 miles (South Station to Wickford Junction) 4 miles (Stoughton branch) |gauge = |el = 25kV 60Hz AC (only used by Amtrak trains) |map = }} The Providence/Stoughton Line is a line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system running southwest from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The main line was originally built by the Boston and Providence Rail Road, and now carries service between Boston and Wickford Junction in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The Stoughton Branch, built as the Stoughton Branch Railroad, splits at Canton Junction and runs for two more stations to Stoughton Station in the town of the same name. An extension of the Providence section of the line to T. F. Green Airport and Wickford Junction opened in stages in 2010 and 2012, making the Providence/Stoughton Line the longest of the MBTA's commuter rail lines (surpassing the Fitchburg Line), while an extension of the Stoughton Branch to New Bedford and Fall River is under construction. ==History== On December 31, 1968 the recently formed Penn Central bought the failing New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The MBTA bought the section of the Providence-Boston line in Massachusetts, as well as many other lines including the Stoughton Branch, from Penn Central on January 27, 1973. On April 1, 1976 Conrail took over Penn Central and the commuter rail equipment was sold to the MBTA, though operation continued to be done by Conrail. Full subsidies by the MBTA for the Providence and Stoughton lines began on September 28, 1976, before which the Federal government helped. On March 31, 1977 the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority and Rhode Island Department of Transportation began to subsidize service beyond the MBTA district, and Stoughton began to pay to keep its station open, that cost later going to the Brockton Area Transit Authority. On November 3, 1979, the line was closed north of Readville for long-term reconstruction as part of the Southwest Corridor project. All trains began using what is now the Fairmount Line, and special shuttle trains connected South Station to Back Bay. The new line, rebuilt below grade with space for three tracks (the old one had been above grade with room for four tracks), opened on October 5, 1987. The Orange Line shares the corridor between Back Bay and Forest Hills. On February 20, 1981, the MBTA stopped serving Rhode Island, as funding from the state had ended. Rush-hour service was restored on February 1, 1988. On 20 June 1990, a new stop opened in South Attleboro and most trains were extended to the station; regular Sunday service returned in 1992.〔 Some off-peak weekday trains were extended to Providence starting on December 11, 2000. Weekend service to Providence resumed on July 29, 2006, and service to T.F. Green Airport started on December 6, 2010.〔 Service was extended to Wickford Junction on April 23, 2012. 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「Providence/Stoughton Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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