{"id":5893,"date":"2023-10-15T23:59:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:27:21","slug":"ballardvale-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/10\/15\/ballardvale-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballardvale (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh goody, a new line! So, the first station on the Haverhill without any subway<\/a> connections<\/a>….is Ballardvale. So, let’s take a look at it, being the first stop on the outer section of the line (defined here as Ballardvale-Haverhill).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

First off, the platform is LONG! Certainly, much longer than anything that’d ever stop here. Secondly, NOTHING STOPS AT THE DAMN MINI-HIGH! IN ESSENCE, FUCK YOU IF YOU NEED TO BOARD AT THE MINI-HIGH PLATFORM! This is almost as bad as that ad for Big Bill Hells Cars that opens with “FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!”, but at least that<\/em> is funny. This is just outright depressing. But, it gets worse. THEY RIPPED OUT THE WRONG TRACK.<\/strong> YEP! THE STATION HAS ONE TRACK, CLEARLY HAD A SECOND, AND THEY YANKED OUT THE WRONG TRACK AND JUST EXTENDED THE PLATFORM OVER IT. AND, OF COURSE, DID I MENTION THE TRAINS NEVER STOP AT THE MINI-HIGH, RENDERING THIS STATION INACCESSIBLE IN PRACTICE?! FUCK YOU IF YOU NEED THAT MINI-HIGH! Also, seemingly everyone and their mom trespassed to reach a ballfield on the other side. Kinda dangerous, and one of these days someone’s gonna be struck doing that. On a more positive note, you have your usual amenities, a red dot matrix sign, and even a shelter! Neat! You also have parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The track and an apartment complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s REALLY far away!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s not Helvetica Bold!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The shelter – cheap, but not as bad as a bus shelter, but it also works!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helvetica Bold!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grade crossing!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Shawsheen River!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A closer shot of the mini-high<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That is EXCESSIVELY LONG!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the fuck?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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F40 LETSGOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s got parking and is in a residential area, and has a (at face value) decent-ish walkshed being residential

The bad: IT’S NOT ACCESSIBLE IN PRACTICE! THE PLATFORM IS SO DAMN LONG TRAINS DON’T EVEN BOTHER STOPPING AT THE MINI-HIGH! FURTHERMORE THEY RIPPED OUT THE WRONG TRACK!!! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, HOW BAD CAN THIS PLACE BE DESIGNED?! WHAT KIND OF CRACK WERE THEY SMOKING?!

Nearby points of interest: Not much, but a pizzeria, cafe, and convenience store all exist! Furthermore, you got some TOD!

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Haverhill)

Overall, NO. JUST, NO PLEASE GOD NO!!!

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

Oh goody, a new line! So, the first station on the Haverhill without any subway connections….is Ballardvale. So, let’s take a look at it, being the first stop on the outer section of the line (defined here as Ballardvale-Haverhill). First off, the platform is LONG! Certainly, much longer than anything that’d ever stop here. Secondly, … Continue reading “Ballardvale (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-5893","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\/5893","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=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6523,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions\/6523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}