Editing Wareham, Massachusetts (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Major highways===
The town has always been a vital transportation point, as the [[Bay Colony Railroad]] crosses through the town on its way to Cape Cod.  There is a rail station in the town center just behind Main Street. Next to the pond.  Interstates [[Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)|495]] and [[Interstate 195 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)|195]] both terminate in the western part of town, with I-495's highway route continuing on as [[Massachusetts Route 25]], which passes through town and around Buttermilk Bay before ending at the [[Bourne Bridge]].  Additionally, [[U.S. Route 6 in Massachusetts|U.S. Route 6]] and [[Massachusetts Route 28]] meet in East Wareham and continue on towards Cape Cod.  [[Massachusetts Route 58|Route 58's]] southern terminus is at Route 28 in Rochester, near the Wareham town line.

===Rail===
The seasonal [[CapeFLYER]] service began stopping at [[Wareham Village station]] in June 2014.<ref name=opened>{{cite press release |url=http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=6442452504&month=&year= |title=New Wareham CapeFLYER Stop Opens |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref> Based on the success of the CapeFLYER, commuter service to Wareham and Buzzards Bay is under consideration.<ref name=possibility>{{cite news |url=http://www.capenews.net/communities/sandwich/news/2650 |title=Cape Commuter Rail Is A Real Possibility |newspaper=Cape News |author=Kinsella, James |date=August 16, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130819032715/http://www.capenews.net/communities/sandwich/news/2650 |archive-date=August 19, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/wareham/newsnow/x1843596282/Chamber-Bring-on-commuter-rail-to-Wareham-Buzzards-Bay |title=Chamber: Bring on commuter rail to Wareham, Buzzards Bay |newspaper=Wicked Local Wareham |date=September 25, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

The nearest inter-city ([[Amtrak]]) passenger rail stations are [[Route 128 station|Route 128]], [[Providence station|Providence]], and Boston's [[South Station]]. The nearest [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] station is [[Middleborough station]].

Freight rail service is provided by the [[Massachusetts Coastal Railroad]].

===Bus===
[[Peter Pan Bus Lines|Bonanza Bus Lines]] stops at the Mill Pond Diner daily. A local bus service, the OWL (Onset Wareham Link), operated by the [[Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority]] (GATRA), provides bus service around Wareham. The buses also have run to a Tedeschi store in Bourne for connection to Bonanza Buses and to the MBTA's Middleborough/Lakeville Station. Service to these locations is often changed.

===Air===
The nearest national and international flights can be reached at [[Logan International Airport]] in [[Boston]] or [[T. F. Green Airport]] in Rhode Island. [[Barnstable Municipal Airport]] is also a short trip away, although it only allows for national service.

===Health Care===
[[File:Tobey Hospital, Wareham, Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|Tobey Hospital]]
Tobey Hospital was funded by a bequest from the estate of Alice Tobey Jones. The hospital was opened in 1940 and includes a surgical wing and intensive care unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tobey Hospital |url=https://www.southcoast.org/locations/tobey-hospital/ |website=Southcoast Health |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, the town approved an expansion of the hospital, which resulted in the demolition of the historic Tobey Homestead.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shelford |first1=Chloe |title=Tobey Hospital expansion gets historic review |url=https://wareham.theweektoday.com/article/tobey-hospital-expansion-gets-historic-review/41653 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |publisher=Wareham week |date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>