 Full subsidies by the MBTA for the Providence and Stoughton lines began on September 28, 1976, before which the Federal government helped.On March 31, 1977, the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority and Rhode Island Department of Transportation began to subsidize service beyond the MBTA district, and Stoughton began to pay to keep its station open, that cost later going to the Brockton Area Transit Authority.On November 3, 1979, the line was closed north of Readville for long-term reconstruction as part of the Southwest Corridor project.