{"id":6293,"date":"2023-12-01T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:13:53","slug":"norwood-central-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/norwood-central-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwood Central (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Next stop on the Franklin Line that I visited, when I did my trip on 11\/30\/23, were the Norwood duo. First stop here, is Norwood Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The station is sorta similar to West Natick<\/a> in some ways. It’s a giant parking sink, except instead the area is much more suburban than in Natick. You have your standard mini-high with amenities, a proper departure board on both platforms, crossings, and a LOT of parking. There’s also solar panels covering the parking. Neat! There’s also a station building which isn’t leased out presently. As for the neighborhood, it’s suburbia, and you have Norwood Hospital under construction. It’s also kinda industrial, but it’s also seen a lot of redevelopment in recent years, which is nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mini-high!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Norwood Hospital!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Down to one track?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The platforms and the sea of parking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The other mini-high and said sea of parking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bench!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station depot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The inbound – as seen from a nearby street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s in a somewhat dense area! It’s also seen immense amounts of redevelopment as of late as well, which is nice. There’s also A LOT of parking.

The bad: WHY ARE THE MINI-HIGHS BARREN?! Is this the freakin’ Needham Line?! Also, it’s not really in Norwood Center – in spite of the name.

Nearby points of interest: Norwood Center is a short walk away! Norwood Hospital is also nearby along with some TOD!

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Franklin, Foxboro)
MBTA bus (34E on Washington St.)

Overall, just, why? Why?! THIS STATION COULD’VE BEEN A 7 OR 8 IF THEY DIDN’T MAKE THE MINI-HIGH BARREN!!!!!

Rating: 5.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next stop on the Franklin Line that I visited, when I did my trip on 11\/30\/23, were the Norwood duo. First stop here, is Norwood Central. The station is sorta similar to West Natick in some ways. It’s a giant parking sink, except instead the area is much more suburban than in Natick. You have … Continue reading “Norwood Central (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-6293","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\/6293","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=6293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6501,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions\/6501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}