in the late 1950s, with the pending completion of the southeast expressway and plans for the southwest expressway, the new haven received a court decision allowing it to begin cutting all old colony division service. service to taunton, fall river, and new bedford was discontinued on september 5, 1958, ending all remaining regular passenger service on the former dighton and somerset. stoughton service was retained because the branch was part of the former b&p and not subject to the court order allowing discontinuance. a summer-only train to cape cod was operated via stoughton and taunton in 1961, but it made no local stops.