[1] It was during this time that through passenger trains between Boston and the South Coast cities of New Bedford and Fall River were rerouted onto the newly completed Whittenton Branch between Raynham and Weir Junction, which allowed all service to stop at a new Taunton Central Station.

[2] By 1932, the trackage between Raynham and Dean Street on the D&S mainline was removed; all rail traffic diverted onto the Whittenton Branch.

The Stoughton alternate chosen in 2009 included two possible routing options, one of which followed the former Whittenton Branch to the former Taunton Central Station location at Oak Street; however, this resulted in longer travel times as the Whittenton Branch includes several major curves.

[3] The Final Environmental Impact Statement, released in 2013, selected a route further east on the Dighton and Somerset mainline with Dean Street station as a downtown stop instead.

The former site of Whittenton Junction is located along what is now CSX's Middleboro Secondary, roughly 300 feet (91.4 m) north of the West Britannia Street crossing in Taunton.