the new haven began shifting through service onto the dighton and somerset in the 1890s, and was the new haven's primary boston-fall river route by the late 1910s. around 1927, all through trains were routed via stoughton instead of the original route through braintree. passenger service ended between randolph and stoughton junction around 1927, and from braintree highlands to randolph in 1938. in 1932, all passenger service and through freight service ended south of weir junction when the drawbridge over the taunton river was disabled after a ship hit another bridge carrying power cables. the line was taken out of service between dean street and raynham that year and formally abandoned in 1937, along with the section south of dighton. the section between randolph and stoughton junction was abandoned the next year.