BOSTON -- Service is running on the first new commuter rail to open in Massachusetts in a decade.
The 512 million dollar Greenbush Line runs for 18 miles through the South Shore towns of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset and Scituate.
It features seven new stations with a total of 3,100 parking spaces.
Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray was on hand for the first ride yesterday.
The launch of the Greenbush Line completes restoration of the historic Old Colonial Railroad about 10 years after the opening of the Middleborough-Lakeville and Kingston-Plymouth branches.
The Greenbush service will eventually carry about 8,600 commuters between Boston and the South Shore each weekday.
Twelve roundtrips are scheduled on weekdays and eight roundtrips on weekends.
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