{"id":6280,"date":"2023-12-01T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=6280"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:14:45","slug":"walpole-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/walpole-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Walpole (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALPOLE!!!!!!! Yeah, it’s one of those kinds of stations. Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Okay, so this station weirds me out. You have a decrepit station building that has nothing in it, a low-level platform, a lot of parking spread out between two or three lots, a grade crossing for the southeastern leg of Lewis’s Wye for both cars AND a second one for pedestrians, and it’s a short walk from the 34E bus (yes, the MBTA runs BUSES out here!), AND Foxboro trains can’t serve the station. Oh yeah, you do have your usual amenities and a red dot matrix sign. And it’s inaccessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rather short walk to the Commuter Rail from the 34E<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This feels weird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pedestrian grade crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The platform and a diamond junction?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More parking and apartments!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yet another crossing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red dot matrix signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station building. Kinda empty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here comes a train to Forge Park!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s got a lot of parking and is close to Walpole’s town center! It’s also just flat-out unusual being in the middle of a diamond junction. Furthermore, you (sorta) have a connection for the 34E as well. The station building is cool – even if unused.

The bad: THIS IS THE MOST-USED INACCESSIBLE STATION AS OF LAST COUNT! YEAH. ALL 700 SOMEODD PEOPLE WHO USED THIS STATION AT LAST COUNT BETTER BE ABLE-BODIED OR ELSE THEY’RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY<\/strong> BAD TIME – OR THEY’D BE BETTER OFF USING THE 34E. HOW ABOUT THAT AS A FUCK YOU?!

Nearby points of interest: There seemed to be a few cool spots in Walpole Center!

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Franklin)
MBTA bus (34E)

Overall, this station could be good. Raise the damn platforms and\/or bring the 34E closer! Please!

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

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALPOLE!!!!!!! Yeah, it’s one of those kinds of stations. Let’s take a look. Okay, so this station weirds me out. You have a decrepit station building that has nothing in it, a low-level platform, a lot of parking spread out between two or three lots, a grade crossing for the southeastern leg of Lewis’s Wye … Continue reading “Walpole (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-6280","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\/6280","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=6280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6502,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions\/6502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}