{"id":4596,"date":"2023-03-20T19:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:55:55","slug":"sullivan-square-orange-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/sullivan-square-orange-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan Square (Orange Line)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ah, we’re still under I-93! Well, whatever. Unlike Community College<\/a>, Sullivan is a major bus terminal, and as such commands relatively high ridership for the northern Orange Line. Either way, let’s look at it, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helvetica!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, the platform is a lot like Community College, with a copious amount of concrete, benches, and trash bins. There’s also a third track that’s pretty much unused as well. Yeah, I’m not sure what’s up with that. But, hey, one can also railfan the Haverhill and Newburyport\/Rockport Line! There’s also an elevator going up. And, no, it doesn’t reek of piss. ANOTHER WIN!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s a lot of concrete!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CRRC!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The mezzanine itself isn’t too special. It felt a little small, though, but bus schedules can be found! Also, there’s a convenience store outside fare control! Neat! Lastly, there’s two busways, an upper busway and a lower busway (divided into two lanes). These were reconfigured in 2019 as part of the Encore’s environmental mitigation measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Onwards into fare control!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Schedules!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stairs (& ramp signage!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Don’t send this into the Transitway!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Signage & warning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s a major transfer between the subway and buses! The busway is also sheltered….albeit by I-93. Furthermore, northbound trains board on both sides, so if it gets crowded, that should help a little. Also, the copious amounts of buses that run through here! Furthermore, the convenience store is nice!

The bad: It’s pretty dingy, between the brutalistic hellscape and I-93 running directly above, it’s not the best<\/em> place to wait for a train or bus. There’s also no fare control or, really, ANY access from the residential area on the OTHER side of the Orange Line!!! WHY?!

Nearby points of interest: Eh, there’s not really much around here outside of residential neighborhoods.

Transit connections:
Orange Line
MBTA bus (CT2, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 101, 104, 105, 109)

Overall, this station’s alright, however it’s dingy as hell. But, if I had to pick my poison, I’d take this station over Community College, and probably that’s a better choice. But PLEASE, connect this to the residential bits next to the tracks!

Rating: 6.5\/10, but a 1\/10 for architecture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, we’re still under I-93! Well, whatever. Unlike Community College, Sullivan is a major bus terminal, and as such commands relatively high ridership for the northern Orange Line. Either way, let’s look at it, shall we? So, the platform is a lot like Community College, with a copious amount of concrete, benches, and trash bins. … Continue reading “Sullivan Square (Orange 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":[16,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4596","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\/4596","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=4596"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6589,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions\/6589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}