FREETOWN, MASS. (WHDH) - The MBTA is moving one step closer to connecting the South Coast with Commuter Rail access.

Gov. Charlie Baker will take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday for the new Freetown station.

The South Coast Rail project will provide service to southeastern Massachusetts for the first time since the late 1950s.

Service is expected to begin in New Bedford and Fall River late next year.

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