Talk:Franklin/Foxboro Line

Fairmount Line
Some trains take the Fairmount Line from Readville to South Station, instead of going past Hyde Park, Ruggles, and Back Bay. I couldn't find this information in the HTML schedules on the MBTA website, but if you look carefully at the PDFs for both the Franklin Line and Fairmount Line, it's there. JNW2 14:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Line naming
Most MBTA commuter rail lines are named by their terminal station(s). The Franklin Line is named by its second to last stop. This may be worth mentioning in the article, and if there's some reason for this, it would be nice to have that reason noted. JNW2 14:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Formatting issues in linked NH timetable reference
The reference for the linked New Haven Railroad (predecessor owner of this line) timetable refers to a page 18. This is not fitting for timetables. In this and other cases, the pages are actually often not numbered. So, an arbitrary locating of a "page 18" will not bring the reader to the pertinent page of the timetable. But a 'Table 18' will take the reader to the pertinent trains. On a similar note sometimes there will be a few timetables on one literal "page." So, the formatting conventions of Wikipedia need to be modified to the specific nature of railroad timetables.Dogru144 (talk) 05:42, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ In this case, the timetable has both numbered pages and tables, so I put the table number and name in the chapter field and the page number in the page field. It is also possible to use the page field directly for table numbers if no page numbers are present; in that case, yes will suppress the p. abbreviation. Please use cite book for future timetable references that you add, rather than just a vague note of the timetable. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:51, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Service/line naming
Clarifying the service/line distinction:


 * the Franklin Line is a service that runs from Boston South Station to Forge Park/495, using the following physical lines:
 * the Northeast Corridor between South Station and Readville
 * the Franklin Branch between Readville and Forge Park/495

The Franklin Branch itself is a subset of the ex-New Haven Midland Line, which ran between Readville and Blackstone and has been abandoned west of Franklin. The Midland Line itself was assembled from the following:

Mackensen (talk) 15:39, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * the main line of the Norfolk County Railroad (as completed by the Boston and New York Central Railroad) between Islington and Blackstone
 * the portion of the main line of the Midland Railroad (again, as completed by the B&NYC) between Islington and Readville. The track continues northeast from Readville as the Dorchester Branch.


 * The section from Franklin/Dean College to Forge Park/495 is on the Framingham Secondary, not the Franklin Branch. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 12:16, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That's not the Milford Secondary? Mackensen (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Mackensen is correct. Framingham Secondary is the Framingham-Walpole-Mansfield line, used by Foxboro trains between Walpole and Foxboro. The Franklin Junction to Forge Park/495 section is part of the Milford Secondary (though the MBTA appears to consider it part of the Franklin Branch). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I realized over Shabbat that I wrote the wrong secondary name. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 12:40, 23 April 2023 (UTC)