{"id":7294,"date":"2024-07-01T08:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2024-07-03T22:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:20:31","slug":"west-concord-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/west-concord-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"West Concord (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ah, another Fitchburg Line station! I haven’t done one of these in a while, to put it lightly. Well, I recently got around to heading out there, and visited a few stations. Here’s West Concord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

First off, you have a mini-high where the trains are board. Woah, immediately that’s an improvement from most of the line, where the platforms are rinky-dinky shitty low-level platforms. YAY! And, there’s shelter! Lining the platforms are benches, wastebaskets, and on the inbound side, a red dot matrix sign. There’s also Helvetica bold signage as expected. There is also parking. Furthermore, there’s history, a bubbler- er, sorry, a water fountain (forgot this isn’t Rhode Island!), and even a nice station house. There’s also a bike path that runs all the way to Sudbury and Lowell from here. Neat! This station’s actually pretty good! Would be nice for railfanning if there wasn’t a quiet zone though…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And away to Concord with you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Wachusett!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking and a bike path!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helvetica Bold signage and LOOK BEFORE CROSSING!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mini-high!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I hate taking pics of these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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RAILROAD HISTORY!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BUBBLAH!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A nice little park area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rail trail!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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See ya, West Concord!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: There’s so much going for this station! There’s plenty to do around the walkshed, there’s a bike path, the station has a mini-high and is actually pretty decent overall for usability, there’s a bubbler and a small park! It’s just really nice for a small intermediate stop.

The bad: A bus connection would be nice! As would full-length high platforms and any small quality of life updates.

Nearby points of interest: It’s a small village with some shopping and restaurants. There’s also a bike path and green spaces.

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Fitchburg)

Overall, it’s pretty good all things considered, and is probably among the best non-terminal stations on the Commuter Rail. And, at that, certainly probably the best on the Fitchburg Line.

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, another Fitchburg Line station! I haven’t done one of these in a while, to put it lightly. Well, I recently got around to heading out there, and visited a few stations. Here’s West Concord. First off, you have a mini-high where the trains are board. Woah, immediately that’s an improvement from most of the … Continue reading “West Concord (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-7294","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\/7294","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=7294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7329,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7294\/revisions\/7329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}