{"id":7060,"date":"2024-04-04T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2024-04-04T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:45:25","slug":"windsor-gardens-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/windsor-gardens-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Gardens (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My friend Metropolis has been quoted with saying “they put a Commuter Rail station in someone’s backyard” and I followed up with “not once, but twice”. This was in regards to Endicott<\/a> and Islington<\/a>. However, what if I told you they did this to an apartment complex as well? Meet: Windsor Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helvetica signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Apartment complex signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Gardens is an apartment complex located in Norwood, Mass., and has no transit connection aside from the Franklin\/Foxboro Line. It is also not very accessible by ADA standards either, which is a big “yikes”. However, as for what the station DOES offer? Well, the station is a big selling point for the apartments here (which are by no means affordable, they start at $2000 a month for a 1 bed! But, there’s amenities included like clubhouses, playgrounds, and the Commuter Rail.), for one. For two, you have a nice creek running through the area. And three, you have a nice little sheltered waiting area on the end of the platform towards Boston. Neat! Overall, it’s actually kinda nice. However…..there is a second illegal entrance people use, which may have been a source of a trespasser strike the day before I came out here… yeah….. if that entrance was legitimate, it’d make a walk to the 34E a lot faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F40PH!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The backside of the train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What a lovely little creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I hate photographing these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They probably bought this shelter from Lowes or Home Depot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Boston!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The apartment complex!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s waist-deep in an apartment complex, and as such is a major selling point! It’s also a flag stop for all trains, being one of two stations to hold that title.

The bad: It’s inaccessible, single-tracked, the secret path that allegedly exists is a safety hazard (someone DIED, allegedly, the day before I came out here), and I can’t help but feel 2 shelters might<\/em> not be enough. Oh well!

Nearby points of interest: The Commons at Windsor Gardens!

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Franklin, Foxboro)

Overall, it’s an adorable little station, but I can’t really give it a high score given it’s major flaws. Yeah, sorry! D:

Rating: 4\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend Metropolis has been quoted with saying “they put a Commuter Rail station in someone’s backyard” and I followed up with “not once, but twice”. This was in regards to Endicott and Islington. However, what if I told you they did this to an apartment complex as well? Meet: Windsor Gardens. Windsor Gardens is … Continue reading “Windsor Gardens (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-7060","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\/7060","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=7060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7060\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}