Service Changes – March 24 2025 – Including service to East Taunton Station and Middleborough Station (South Coast Rail)

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Starting March 24, 2025 the following service changes will go into effect:

TAUNTON/ATTLEBORO

Temporary Commuter Service to the East Taunton Station
This temporary service will gauge demand and identify service hours needed to make sure future changes to the Route 8 schedule will work for our riders. Riders who live within ¼ mile of the existing Route 8 (or the Taunton Terminal) can book rides to/from the East Taunton Station for the following train departures/arrivals:
TO BOSTON – 6:54AM, 7:48AM
FROM BOSTON – 4:55PM, 5:53PM, 6:52PM
FARES – $1.50 for adults, $0.75 for seniors or persons with a disability
To check your address or sign up – call or text 774-712-9761

Changes to Route 18

There will be two changes to the Route 18 schedule.

Timing on the outbound schedule between the Taunton Terminal and the Tremont ST & Norton Ave stops will be changed to 5 minutes instead of 10 minutes. No other timing is affected.

9:50AM INbound WEEKDAY & Saturday trip will change to 9:56AM in order to make it easier to transfer to the Route 18 from other routes.

WAREHAM

LINK 4 – ROUTING & TIMING CHANGES

Starting Monday, March 24, 2025 the Link 4 will serve the new Middleborough Station instead of the Lakeville/Middleborough Station. There are also schedule changes that require us to change the timing. The changes are below. The 3:30PM trip changes to 3:25PM. A 4:10PM trip is Added from Cranberry Plaza and a 4:55PM departure is added from Middleborough MBTA Station.

GATRA Advisory Board- March 19, 2025 Meeting

** LOCATION CHANGE AS OF 3/19/25 at 10:55AM

GATRA has been notified that there is no internet at Taunton City Hall. We will be moving the meeting to GATRA. The details are below. 

GATRA

1st Floor Conference Room

10 Oak Street

Taunton, MA

Agenda

Posted: 3/13/25 at 3:15 PM

March 19, 2025 at 1PM

Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)

Advisory Board Meeting

Taunton City Hall

Silver City Conference Room, 2nd Floor

15 Summer Street, Taunton, MA 02780

and

Zoom

  1. Call to Order
  2. January 19, 2025 Open Session Minutes
  3. Administrator’s Report & Civil Rights Report
  4. Financial Report
  5. FY26 Budget Draft
  6. Confirm Executive Compensation Committee
  7. Adjournment