The MBTA has opened up the final component of its new regional rail station in Natick Center: a trail connection that connects the outbound train platform directly to the the Cochituate Rail Trail.
Long before Interstate 75, snowbirds flocked to Florida by train to escape the winter chill. However, since 1971, the once-bustling tracks have remained silent.
It has been 60 years since the final locomotive steamed along the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The line ran between ...