[1] Following a period of decline and neglect, maintenance and repairs began in 2008 with the aim of returning the line to operable condition.

Passenger service on this loop and the main line was provided by cars leased from the Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway.

Electric operations typically took place during the daytime, while steam locomotives used the tracks during the nighttime hours.

It was at this time that the whole line was upgraded to a heavier grade of track, the first overhaul since the narrow gauge was replaced in 1887.

In 1993 the G&U bought their current engine, the St. Louis Union Station 212 and began hauling salt to Upton once again.

Delli Priscoli has made clear his intentions to revitalize the railroad in its entirety from Grafton to Milford, and work began in earnest in early 2008.

On December 31, 2009, a test run was conducted, and it was announced that the portion of the line from North Grafton to West Upton was operable.

"[9] As of February 2021, the following is complete: In July 2011, the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization started studies into extending Franklin Line service from Forge Park/495 into Milford and Hopedale.

A second Milford station was proposed in a 2003 plan for the town near the intersections of Depot and Central Street, but it lies on a spur off of the tracks.