BOSTON — The board overseeing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved work on the next phases of a project to double-track its Franklin Line commuter-rail route.
At Monday’s meeting, the Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a $30 million contract for second-phase work and third-phase preliminary design work. The contract went to commuter rail operator Keolis Commuter Services.
The first phase of the project, adding 4 miles of double track between Walpole and Norfolk, is expected to be complete in spring 2020, the MBTA says. The second phase will add 3½ miles of double track from Norfolk to Frank Street, east of Franklin, and is projected for completion in December 2020. The final phase will add 4 miles from Walpole to Norwood Central. That will complete double-tracking of the 27-mile, 16-station route from South Station to Franklin, Mass.
More details on the project are available here.
