{"id":7911,"date":"2024-12-02T11:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=7911"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:18:35","slug":"brandeis-roberts-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/brandeis-roberts-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandeis\/Roberts (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Getting around to doing this entry was surprisingly difficult as I also had to time it in a way where I’d be able to take the 553 to get out. Fortunately, I was able to do exactly that. Unfortunately, I had all of 5 minutes, and as such this probably won’t be the finest Chelsea’s Corner<\/em> entry. I digress, welcome to Roberts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Station signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brandeis\/Roberts is located on the Brandeis University campus in Waltham. Who’s Robert? Well, that’s actually the name of the neighborhood that Brandeis (& this train station) is located in. The 553 has a bus connection on the south side of the South Street grade crossing. On the southbound platform, you have what looks like a sheltered waiting area, benches, a red dot matrix sign (two actually!), and a small amount of parking. Meanwhile, the north platform has a lot less and a slightly larger lot. There’s also a mini-high that’s fully sheltered. Neat! Changing sides is done either with a grade crossing near the mini-high, or at the South Street crossing. The land-use of the station is dominated by Brandeis University, with a small office park on the south side. Otherwise, it’s all residential with apartment complexes nearby and the odd strip mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The office park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sheltered waiting area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An F40PH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mini-high<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The inbound mini-high<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A field!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brandeis University!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GRADE CROSSING!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Office park and a bus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ROUTE FIVE FIFTYTHREE SERVICE TO NEWTON CORNER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It serves Brandeis! Furthermore, it’s accessible and has a bus connection (albeit relatively infrequent). It also serves the mildly dense Roberts and Angleside neighborhoods – there’s apartment complexes, for what it’s worth. The mini-high looks kinda cool, for what it’s worth, too!

The bad: For a station that serves Brandeis University, service is kinda relatively infrequent, between the 553 and the Commuter Rail. Also, that grade crossing can cause issues if a train is stopped at the mini-high. \ud83d\ude41

Nearby points of interest: Brandeis is the big one!

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Fitchburg)
MBTA bus (553)

Overall, it’s an alright station. Pretty good, even, by Fitchburg Line standards! YAY! It’s otherwise pretty average, disappointingly. Oh well!

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting around to doing this entry was surprisingly difficult as I also had to time it in a way where I’d be able to take the 553 to get out. Fortunately, I was able to do exactly that. Unfortunately, I had all of 5 minutes, and as such this probably won’t be the finest Chelsea’s … Continue reading “Brandeis\/Roberts (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-7911","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\/7911","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=7911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8133,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7911\/revisions\/8133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}