 The Old Colony acquired that system in 1879, and was itself merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.Regular passenger service ended in 1958, though summer-only trains from New York to Hyannis used the line from Attleboro to Middleborough from 1960 to 1964 and from Boston to Hyannis via Stoughton briefly in 1961.The New Haven Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1969, and the line became part of Conrail in 1976.