FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Ridership on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s new service from its Gillette Stadium station is well under the target figure to retain the pilot program, the Attleboro, Mass., Sun-Chronicle reports.
Through seven weeks, an average of 70 people per day are using the station, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Lisa Battison, who said the program needs more time: “Given that the Foxborough pilot service is less than two months old, it’s too early to determine if or when the pilot would be made permanent, though staff continues to closely monitor the pilot’s progress.”
The 11-month trial program began Oct. 21, with 210 passengers per day as the average needed to consider the pilot program a success [see “MBTA to begin Foxborough service in October,” Trains News Wire, Sept. 19, 2019].
