Ten Years Later

Ten years after it opened with fanfare and optimism, the Wickford Junction Train Station continues to fall far short of the rosy ridership numbers planners envisioned more than a decade ago. But there are signs that commuter rail in South County may gradually be making a comeback, as the price of gas increases and the state pivots to a post-pandemic transit world. Jim Hummel, who was there for the opening of the station in 2012, has the story.