{"id":7956,"date":"2024-12-19T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:48:19","slug":"south-acton-mbta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/south-acton-mbta\/","title":{"rendered":"South Acton (MBTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Acton is a small commuter station that, while still in a rural area, isn’t exactly “middle of nowhere” like Littleton<\/a> is. It’s also the last stop before trains run express to Porter Square<\/a> during rush hour. So, with that in mind, let’s look at this station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

South Acton is a pretty bogstandard new-build Commuter Rail station with two side platforms, an overpass, and an elevator on each side for accessibility. Entrances also exist on each side towards local streets, and a sizable parking lot exists on the outbound side as well. The platforms are standard with wastebaskets, benches, and yellow dot matrix signage. There’s even a bike locker and …a busway? What bus could possibly stop here?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*takes a look*

Oh….

WAIT YOU MEAN THE SIGNAGE FOR THE CAT BUS STILL EXISTS?! Well shit. Apparently, the bus actually DID pull in as well, so the CAT does in fact live on in a post-COVID world. Noone got on or off though, which has me thinking its ridership is nonexistent. Well, that’s sad. Apparently a Boxborough bus serves here too, but nothing came in so as far as I’m concerned, it’s just a concept of a plan. And, if you’re willing to walk, you can actually reach the town center. It’s just a mile! Overall, not bad though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bye!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And towards Wachusett!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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History!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overpass shots!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Didn’t smell of piss!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Benches for a kiss & ride?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…The CAT lives on???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not my train!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another platform shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And another outbound look<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bridge but from below!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Maple St. entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Railroad St. entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A local building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A look from a nearby road overpass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A church!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The main entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bike lockers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE CAT LIVES ON!!!!!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s got buses! Furthermore, it’s fully accessible, has an overpass, elevators that don’t reek of piss, and there’s actually something close by!

The bad: There really isn’t that<\/em> much, but it’s still better than nothing. I genuinely don’t have a lot negative to say.

Nearby points of interest: There isn’t a lot in the immediate vicinity, but I heard the Discovery Museum is pretty cool! (walk north on Main St.!)

Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Fitchburg)
Cross-Acton Transit
Boxborough Fixed Route (allegedly???)

Overall, I don’t have anything bad to say. Pretty good and inoffensive. Yay!

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

South Acton is a small commuter station that, while still in a rural area, isn’t exactly “middle of nowhere” like Littleton is. It’s also the last stop before trains run express to Porter Square during rush hour. So, with that in mind, let’s look at this station. South Acton is a pretty bogstandard new-build Commuter … Continue reading “South Acton (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-7956","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\/7956","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=7956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8255,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions\/8255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}