The MBTA launched its South Coast Rail service, marking a significant milestone in public transportation for South Shore residents commuting to Boston for the first time in 65 years. This service extends the Middleborough Commuter Rail Line, adding six new stations and offering multiple daily trips. However, some commuters expressed dissatisfaction with the altered schedules, which now feature longer wait times between trains. While many celebrate this historic opening, others worry about the logistics and practicality of the new service.
These changes will likely make the situation worse, one reader wrote.
The opening of rail service is a historic day decades in the making, said Hannah Switlekowski, a Sharon Select Board member.
The addition of six new station stops also meant schedule changes to the old departure times, to the chagrin of many Boston.com readers.
Under the new schedule, trains run every 70 minutes on weekdays and every two hours on weekends.
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