A pilot program of service was announced in 2017, and ten daily round trips began operation in October 2019.

[3][4] The station has a single side platform serving the main track of the Framingham Secondary, with a mini-high section at the south end for accessibility; a passing siding allows freight trains to pass stopped passenger trains at the station.

[1] Event trains serving South Station run via the Franklin Branch, with intermediate stops only at Back Bay and Dedham Corporate Center.

[8][9] The original Foxboro station, a three-story structure with a Mansard roof, was a converted coffin shop.

[15] Remaining passenger service on the line – a single daily round trip between Taunton and Framingham – ended in 1933.

[26] Boston service was shifted back to the Franklin Line in 1995, with stops at Dedham Corporate Center and Norwood Central.

[30][31] MBTA-organized privately-operated bus service also ran from Alewife, Forest Hills (1994 only), Quincy Adams, and Riverside to Foxboro Stadium for the 1994 to 1999 seasons.

[35][36] In September 2010, the MBTA completed a study to determine the feasibility of extending full-time commuter rail service to Foxboro via the Franklin Line.

The options with through service to Boston were to include the addition of a second track at Foxboro station, converting it to an island platform.

[40] In August 2017, the MBTA Board approved an 11-month pilot program of service to Foxboro, planned to begin in late 2018 or early 2019.

[42] About 4.3 miles (6.9 km) of track between Walpole and south of Foxboro station was upgraded in preparation for the service.

[47] On November 2, 2020, the pilot was suspended due to reduced ridership as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; it was then expected to resume in spring 2021.

The MBTA and the Kraft Group indicated they would attempt to find new funding to construct a full-length high-level platform at Foxboro.