{"id":6305,"date":"2023-12-01T20:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:12:54","slug":"norwood-depot-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/norwood-depot-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwood Depot (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And now we’re at the OTHER Norwood station! Norwood Depot doesn’t have a depot, but it is in Norwood Center. Did someone swap the name plates for these?! Well, whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The station has the mini-highs at the grade crossing, which is convenient, AND they have stuff on them. Benches, no less! Furthermore, they line the platform, which extends into the woods a bit. There’s also some parking, and a red dot matrix sign as well. Ugh. Well, whatever. You also have some suburban TOD in the form of apartment complexes, a kiss & ride, and even some bicycle racks. Yeah, this is actually pretty decent! Nice! Just no station building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRAIN!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The gates are down!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We stan suburban density!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Foxboro & Forge Park!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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UH OH – BRAND GUIDELINES VIOLATION!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mini-high!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A crossing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not sure what that building is<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I hate photographing these signs. Why do I even try?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Curvy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Readville!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s in the town center, has some parking, stuff on the mini-high, and some TOD around it!

The bad: I guess the worst thing this station has going for it is being too damn close to Norwood Central. I legitimately can’t think of much. Raise the platforms a bit?

Nearby points of interest: Norwood Center!

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

Overall, I like this station. There’s not much wrong with it, however the best change would be a full length high platform and some kind of up & over\/down & under to change sides.

Rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now we’re at the OTHER Norwood station! Norwood Depot doesn’t have a depot, but it is in Norwood Center. Did someone swap the name plates for these?! Well, whatever. The station has the mini-highs at the grade crossing, which is convenient, AND they have stuff on them. Benches, no less! Furthermore, they line the … Continue reading “Norwood Depot (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-6305","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\/6305","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=6305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6498,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}