{"id":5694,"date":"2023-08-10T19:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:29:49","slug":"beverly-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/10\/beverly-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverly (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I know, I know, I promised I’d be doing the 43 when I mentioned plans on the Miles in Transit Discord. Yeah, I know. I got derailed from that for reasons<\/em> (iykyk) and me being mildly impulsive, I instead hopped on the next train going down the Eastern Route. Which, of course, led me to Beverly! So, how is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

So, they let us off in the low level<\/strong><\/em> section of the platform, which is really odd. But, whatever. At face value it seems a little barren, but passable. Benches, sheltered areas, departure boards, and three grade crossings to change sides. There’s also plenty of parking, and even a parking garage. Did I mention the neighborhood map, like what’s at West Natick<\/a>? Neat! And, there’s a nice-looking station house used as a restaurant! Furthermore there’s a mini hi- OH MY GOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is kinda old, with the “OUTBOUND TO IPSWICH\/ROCKPORT” text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station house!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking towards the junction!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grade crossings!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oh yeah, the 451 doesn’t stop here but the Beverly Local Bus does!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Park! Apparently that’s a post office back there, too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water over yonder!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More parking?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More parking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closer up shot of the junction!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OH MY GOD, THE MINI-HIGHS! I know I usually don’t comment on the quality of the mini-highs but this is EGREGIOUSLY BAD. WHY IS IT FALLING APART?! WHO LET THIS ROT?! WHY?! WHY IS THIS STATION NOT GETTING A FULL REBUILD, MANSFIELD STYLE!? BETTER YET, WHY IS THIS, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STATIONS ON THE ENTIRE LINE, RELEGATED TO A SORRY MINI-HIGH THAT’S EVEN MORE SORRY THAN THE VILES STREET GRADE CROSSING<\/a>?! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?! REBAR SHOULDN’T BE VISIBLE!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh no<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OH MY GOD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s an important station, being the terminus of the “Environmental Justice Corridor” (as some call it). There’s departure boards, ample parking, a Pedal & Park as well! It’s walkable too! And TOD? CATA stops here too!

The bad: THOSE MINI-HIGHS ARE BAD! FURTHERMORE, THERE’S NO SHELTER BEYOND THERE, AND FOR A STATION AS IMPORTANT AS BEVERLY, WHY IS THERE NO TICKETING MACHINE AND WHY IS IT NOT FULL-LENGTH HIGHS?!

Nearby points of interest: There’s a few breweries! How about a few beaches?

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Newburyport, Rockport)
CATA (Beverly Local Bus, Beverly Commuter)

Overall, NO, NO NO JUST NO PLEASE GOD NO GET RID OF THAT MINI-HIGH, SOMEONE’S GONNA GET TETANUS FROM IT!

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

I know, I know, I promised I’d be doing the 43 when I mentioned plans on the Miles in Transit Discord. Yeah, I know. I got derailed from that for reasons (iykyk) and me being mildly impulsive, I instead hopped on the next train going down the Eastern Route. Which, of course, led me to … Continue reading “Beverly (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-5694","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\/5694","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=5694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6528,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions\/6528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}