Watuppa Branch

Watuppa Branch
The Watuppa Branch in New Bedford in 2020
Overview
Other name(s)	North Dartmouth Industrial Track, Fall River Branch
Owner	Massachusetts Coastal Railroad,[1] MassDOT[2]
Locale	Bristol County, Massachusetts
Termini	Mount Pleasant Junction North Westport (active track)[3] Watuppa station, Fall River (former)
Service
Operator(s)	Massachusetts Coastal Railroad
Technical
Line length	Active: 8.3 miles (13.4 km) Total: 12.1 miles (19.5 km)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Show interactive map Legend Mount Pleasant Junction New Bedford Secondary Route 140 Mount Pleasant North Dartmouth Hicksville Westport Factory I-195 Hemlock end of active track Route 88 North Westport ↓ Quequechan River Rail Trail Watuppa Ponds Flint Village Watuppa This diagram: view talk edit Show diagram map

The Watuppa Branch (also called the North Dartmouth Industrial Track, and formerly the Fall River Branch) is a roughly six-mile freight railroad line in southeastern Massachusetts. The track originates at Mount Pleasant Junction, where it diverges from the New Bedford Secondary, and runs through Dartmouth before terminating in north Westport. The line is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and is operated by Massachusetts Coastal Railroad,^[1] which purchased operating rights from the previous operator, Bay Colony Railroad, in late 2023. The abandoned western portion of the right-of-way is used by the Quequechan River Rail Trail.