South Coast Rail: All Updates
![Commuter rail coach at Freetown Station](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2023-03/2023-3-3-cr-scr-freetown-platform.jpg?itok=wtkh1vRs)
Safety Notice: Test Trains Now Running on South Coast Rail
June 14, 2024
![View of skybridge connecting towers over a rail platform](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2023-12/2023-12-8-scr-taunton-station.jpg?itok=oUCPrnrU)
South Coast Rail (SCR) Early Winter Update
January 23, 2024
![Commuter rail coach at Freetown Station](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2023-03/2023-3-3-cr-scr-freetown-platform.jpg?itok=wtkh1vRs)
Fall River Secondary Line Construction Complete
May 23, 2023
![A construction worker drives a ballast spreader over the tracks at Fall River Station. Ballast are small rocks that serve as a bed for rail tracks and provide drainage and strength for heavy loads carried by trains. A second construction worker walks on the station platform alongside the ballast spreader.](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2022-11/2022-07-23-fall-river-station-view-of-ballast-placement-operation.jpg?itok=sI4112ZI)
Phase 1 Passes Midpoint of Construction
November 23, 2022
![An aerial photo of rail tracks in the forest, showing Taunton Depot under construction](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2021-11/2021-11-19-south-coast-rail-taunton-depot-drone-photo.jpg?itok=GYcdgYf5)
South Coast Rail Fall Update
November 19, 2021
![An aerial view of the new Assonet River bridge](https://live-mbta.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/2021-09/2021-09-09-south-coast-rail-assonet-river-bridge.jpg?itok=y0XQAuAR)
New Assonet River Bridge Installed
September 9, 2021