Bus routes

The Fiscal and Management Control Board of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation surprised many on Monday when, instead of discussing a proposed Middleboro route for Southcoast Rail, they decided to study the possibility of dedicated bus routes from Fall River and New Bedford to Boston.

Beginning Monday, SERTA is adding more buses on its busiest route, New Bedford to Fall River with a stop at the Dartmouth Mall. General Manager Market Burke tells WBSM's Brian Thomas, "right now a bus leaves New Bedford every hour on the hour, right up till 8 o'clock at night...