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MBTA Commuter Rail Franklin/Foxboro Early data — logging since Aug 2026

Franklin/Foxboro Line — this week

How reliably Franklin/Foxboro Line trains ran this week, by day. Worst day this week: Wed 9/9, only 16% on time, typically 5 min late, worse-run trains ~8 min late.

Tue 9/8 Wed 9/9 Thu 9/10 Fri 9/11 Sat 9/12 Sun 9/13
Inbound 45% 23% 46% 50% 15% 28%
Outbound 27% 8% 17% 17% 26% 39%

The number in each cell is the share of trains on time that day — higher is better. The background colour grades that same number, so each row reads at a glance.

Tap or hover a day for the typical minutes late, how late the worse-running trains ran, and the train/arrival counts behind it.

Where delay builds

Typical delay along the route, across all recent weekdays — not just this week.

Inbound

15mForge Park/495: usually on timeFoxboro: usually on timeFranklin: usually on timeNorfolk: usually 4 min lateWalpole: usually 2 min lateWindsor Gardens: usually 3 min lateNorwood Central: usually 3 min lateNorwood Depot: usually 3 min lateReadville: usually on timeIslington: usually 3 min lateFairmount: usually on timeDedham Corporate Center: usually 3 min lateBlue Hill Avenue: usually on timeEndicott: usually 3 min lateMorton Street: usually 2 min lateReadville: usually 4 min lateTalbot Avenue: usually on timeForest Hills: usually on timeRuggles: usually 4 min lateRuggles: usually on timeFour Corners/Geneva: usually 2 min lateBack Bay: usually 3 min lateBack Bay: usually on timeUphams Corner: usually on timeSouth Station: usually on timeNewmarket: usually on time+4Forge Park/495Newmarket

Outbound

10mSouth Station: usually on timeNewmarket: usually 2 min lateBack Bay: usually 3 min lateBack Bay: usually 2 min lateUphams Corner: usually 2 min lateRuggles: usually 3 min lateRuggles: usually 2 min lateFour Corners/Geneva: usually 2 min lateForest Hills: usually 4 min lateHyde Park: usually 3 min lateTalbot Avenue: usually 2 min lateReadville: usually 4 min lateMorton Street: usually on timeEndicott: usually 3 min lateBlue Hill Avenue: usually 2 min lateDedham Corporate Center: usually 4 min lateFairmount: usually 2 min lateIslington: usually 3 min lateReadville: usually 2 min lateNorwood Depot: usually 4 min lateNorwood Central: usually 4 min lateWindsor Gardens: usually 4 min lateWalpole: usually 4 min lateFoxboro: usually 3 min lateNorfolk: usually 3 min lateFranklin: usually 6 min lateForge Park/495: usually 3 min late+6South StationForge Park/495

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