{"id":4065,"date":"2023-02-24T18:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:38:12","slug":"newtonville-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/newtonville-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Newtonville (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ah, Newtonville. What a lovely little villag- oh, what? You mean I gotta check the Commuter Rail station? Well, how bad can it be? It doesn’t- OH MY GOD!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woah, this is nice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OH YOU KNOW IT’S GOOD WHEN THE SIGN IS HELVETICA CONDENSED, RATHER THAN HELVETICA BOLD!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NOW, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC WHIZZING BY, AND THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF IT, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO YELL<\/strong> JUST TO BE HEARD!!! SO, LET’S LOOK INTO THIS HELLHOLE OF A STATION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOW, WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT! NOT EVEN ACCESSIBLE!!! HARVARD STREET’S OVERPASS IS THE SAME CASE, EXCEPT THAT ONE HAS HELVETICA BOLD INSTEAD OF HELVETICA CONDENSED!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NOW, WHY THE HELL IS THIS A SINGLE SIDE PLATFORM ON A DOUBLE TRACKED MAINLINE?! WHAT IS THIS, MADISON<\/a>?! HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWFUL! LET’S SEE WHAT ELSE IS ON THE PLATFORM, WHICH GOES ON FOR FAR LONGER THAN ANY TRAIN’S DOORS WILL OPEN UP FOR. SO, YOU GOT A SHELTER, DOT MATRIX SIGNS IN BOTH RED AND YELLOW! WHOOP DE FUCKING DOO!!!!! AT LEAST THERE’S A GARBAGE BIN AND BENCHES IN THE SHELTER. NEAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOW, THIS IS AWFUL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ALSO, AS A FUN TIDBIT, I LIKE HOW SOMEONE GRAFFITIED “NEWTONVILLE” ON ONE OF THE HUNKS OF WOOD. ALSO, THE FACT THE GLASS DOOR FOR THE SCHEDULE PLAQUE IS BROKEN, MEANS THEFT IS POSSIBLE HERE! I WAS LEGITIMATELY TEMPTED TO TAKE THE SCHEDULE PLAQUE, BUT I DIDN’T. AS THEY ALWAYS SAY ON THE RADIO, I’M A GOOD PERSON! I PAY MY TAXES! IT’S A CRIME TO PAY MORE THAN A DIME! OH! IT’S THE LAKE SHORE LIMITED! AND FINALLY, MY TRAIN IS PULLING UP! YAY!!!!!!! OH YEAH, THERE’S ON-STREET PARKING!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DOT MATRIX IN YELLOW!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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AND IN RED – IT DOESN’T COME OUT WELL!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WOAH, AMENITIES!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE SCHEDULE PLAQUE!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE MIGHTY LATE-FOR-SURE LIMITED!!!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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AND HERE COMES MY TRAIN! TO BACK BAY WE GO!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: UHHHHH, IDK. THERE’S BENCHES AND A SHELTER???

The bad: EVERYTHING. THE EXISTENCE OF THE STATION, THE SINGLE TRACKING OPERATION, THE SINGLE PLATFORM, THE MASS PIKE, THE LOW-LEVEL PLATFORM, THE STAIRS – BY THE WAY, DON’T LOOK DOWN!!!!!

Nearby points of interest: I GUESS IT’S COOL THERE’S A STAR MARKET ABOVE THE PIKE! ALSO, NEWTONVILLE LOOKS LIKE AN INTERESTING AREA!

Transit connections:
COMMUTER RAIL (WORCESTER)
MBTA BUS (59, 553, 554, 556)

Overall, THIS STATION SUCKS! I’VE SEEN BETTER UNDERNEATH I-95 IN CONNECTICUT! THIS MAKES WESTERLY LOOK LIKE FREAKIN’ BRIDGEPORT <\/a>OR STAMFORD<\/a>!

Rating: 1\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, Newtonville. What a lovely little villag- oh, what? You mean I gotta check the Commuter Rail station? Well, how bad can it be? It doesn’t- OH MY GOD!!! NOW, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC WHIZZING BY, AND THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF IT, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO YELL JUST TO BE HEARD!!! SO, LET’S LOOK … Continue reading “Newtonville (MBTA)”<\/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":[16,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-massachusetts","category-mbta","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065","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=4065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6548,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4065\/revisions\/6548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}