After approval of the applications, the B&M discontinued most interstate service on January 4, 1965. Service via Concord to Laconia, New Hampshire and to Montreal via White River Junction ended, though a single Boston–Concord round trip remained. Western Route service to Portland and Eastern Route service to Portsmouth were discontinued; single Boston–Dover and Boston– round trips were retained. On January 18, 1965, commuter service was cut to the MBTA district and subsidies began. Fitchburg Route service was cut to West Concord, New Hampshire Route and Western Route service to Wilmington save for the Concord and Dover trip, Eastern Route service to and Wenham except for the Newburyport trip, and Central Mass service to . After out-of-district communities agreed to subsidies, service was re-extended to , , , and on June 28.