{"id":2055,"date":"2022-07-22T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:07:14","slug":"silver-line-way-silver-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/22\/silver-line-way-silver-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Line Way (Silver Line)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alrighty, the last of the Silver Line stations for today! Let’s delve into it. The station? Silver Line Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The outbound shelter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, for one, there’s nothing really special about Silver Line Way, other than the fact it’s where the diesel-overhead transition happens. That is, if the bus is an old Neoplan. The Xcelsiors (diesel hybrids and BEBs) don’t need to switch over because they don’t have pantographs. The only other things immediately at the station are a turnaround point for the short-turn Silver Line runs and a parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A normal bus next to a disabled bus….facing the wrong way?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down Silver Line Way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The turnaround point, and that darn bus again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overhead catenaries and the bus’s pantographs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From the shade at a nearby hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wait, what the? Who’s this walking towards me and the small gathering of people? Not the shadowy figure! Oh god, no, not like this. Please, anything but this. No, no, NOOOOOOOO!!!

TO BE CONTINUED…

The good: It’s right on the waterfront, near a major concert venue.

The bad: …there’s not much else of any major note in the area. Delays are also likely should the handoff between diesel and overhead fail.

Nearby points of interest: The aforementioned concert venue and the waterfront.

Transit connections:
Silver Line (SL1, SL2, SL3, SLW)

Overall, it’s “meh.” If the bus is in the middle of the street, good luck if you need accessibility. The handoff works great if it goes well, but if it goes wrong, it goes REALLY wrong and can cause delays a plenty. But overall, I’d say it’s about average. It does suck if you’re here for 40 minutes in the searing heat, though.

Rating: 4.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alrighty, the last of the Silver Line stations for today! Let’s delve into it. The station? Silver Line Way. Now, for one, there’s nothing really special about Silver Line Way, other than the fact it’s where the diesel-overhead transition happens. That is, if the bus is an old Neoplan. The Xcelsiors (diesel hybrids and BEBs) … Continue reading “Silver Line Way (Silver Line)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irl","category-mbta","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6708,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions\/6708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}