{"id":6005,"date":"2023-11-02T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:25:23","slug":"greenwood-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/greenwood-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood….hmmm, is there even anything I can say that’s noteworthy about Greenwood? Let’s see…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking towards Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

…nope! Well, I lied. There’s a crossing tender shed by the Forest St. grade crossing. But, aside from that, there’s not really a lot to be said. On the outbound side you have…..not much. Just a bench and what looked like a bike rack, along with an anemic amount of parking. On the inbound side, much of the same plus a red dot matrix sign, and an entrance out to a cul-de-sac. As for shelter….all you get is a bus shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Towards Haverhill!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The inbound side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helvetica!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…WHY IS THERE A BUS SHELTER?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WHY, IN THE NAME OF FUCKING PHIL ENG AND STEVE POFTAK AND FRANK OGLESBY, IS THE DAMN INBOUND PLATFORM SHELTER A FREAKIN’ BUS SHELTER<\/strong> OF ALL THINGS?! WHAT KIND OF CRACK WERE THEY SMOKING WHEN THIS GOT GREENLIT?! WHY, HOW, WHAT, JUST WHY?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An anemic amount of parking – is it even for the station?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The crossing tender?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Greenery and the shuttle!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: Well, it exists??? I guess… I mean, the crossing tender seems cool enough. And there’s a small amount of parking. The 137 also stops here!

The bad: IT’S NOT ACCESSIBLE, IT’S GOT A FREAKIN’ BUS SEHLTER FOR AN INBOUND SHELTER, THERE’S NOTHING OUTBOUND AT ALL, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA JUST WHY

Nearby points of interest: There’s a couple of businesses on Main St., but it’s mostly a residential station primarily for those on foot. Or, just take the 137.

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Haverhill)
MBTA bus (137)

Overall, this station probably should not exist. I mean, I’m sure it has a good reason and I’m not seeing it. But, at face value, if it’s gonna exist, it should be ADAified at least!

Rating: 3.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood….hmmm, is there even anything I can say that’s noteworthy about Greenwood? Let’s see… …nope! Well, I lied. There’s a crossing tender shed by the Forest St. grade crossing. But, aside from that, there’s not really a lot to be said. On the outbound side you have…..not much. Just a bench and what … Continue reading “Greenwood (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-6005","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\/6005","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=6005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6518,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6005\/revisions\/6518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}