Roadside Wire

Ride Trains: Fall River rides rail for dinner

Published on Monday, 27 February 2012 11:45

Baby steps on the way to restoring inter-city passenger service in New England starts with a good meal. 

Passenger train will roll into Fall River for first time since 1967

By Grant Welker

A passenger rail line will roll into the city in April for what may be the first time in decades, adding to plans for an unrelated dinner car service in Fall River that were announced last year.

Called the "Fall River Extra," the April 21 run into the city has been in the works for a few years. Last September, Cape Rail, the company with freight easements on the state-owned tracks to Fall River and New Bedford, said it would run dinner cars along the city's riverfront.

"It took a long time to get all the pieces to come together," said David Brown, the president of the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, an Andover-based nonprofit that is running the Fall River Extra. It will be the first public passenger train to Fall River since 1967, the group says.

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