Fitchburg Station--this was the terminal for many years. They put more effort into the parking garage than into the station...pic.twitter.com/9dVrOC6Ncm
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Although the old station was in the center of Littleton, the existing one was built near a highway intersection in the middle of nowherepic.twitter.com/J4sDij6g27
The design is utterly insane...they put the platform very far from the entrance, accessible through two LONG rampspic.twitter.com/GecuFXxxmB
I visited this station with @NightErrantry, we found that the walkways are not actually enclosed: their walls are 100% porous
Consequently, you are exposed to bitter winds *even when you're inside the walkway.* Which, I might add, is prone to getting covered in ice.
How is it possible to fuck up in so many ways at once? IDK fam, IDK...
Next stop is South Acton--busiest stop on the line; some trains from Boston terminate here. Recently rebuilt (no pics of it finished)pic.twitter.com/EVjvbPeJmi
High platforms, YES! Too bad they still can't afford roofs...pic.twitter.com/6ZNYOI1vQo
Next stop is West Concord: at last, a station with a comfy aesthetic! The building has a restaurant--"Club Car Cafe"pic.twitter.com/MedZ9jT2ET
I've actually used this stop to get to Boston sometimes, by local standards it's decent. Low platforms tho...pic.twitter.com/lMeeRZ0IZe
Next stop is Concord Nice building, right? Home to several businesses...but...pic.twitter.com/zl19hp89KY
...all the trackside doors and windows have been boarded over and then *painted* to look like they're still usable. Insane.pic.twitter.com/e4wVfNzoAY
In other words: the station building is not for anybody who's actually using the station. Folks...I am at a loss for words...
Next stop is Lincoln--I love this pic, you can see how low platforms actually work (terribly)pic.twitter.com/Ol1f0LV9yi
Silver Hill Station no platform, just gravel with yellow slabs of concrete marking the edge of the safe zone Nice sunset thopic.twitter.com/Wc9H2ZFJre
Hastings Station--no sign, no info Where are the platforms? LOL, *the street is the platform,* that's where you board frompic.twitter.com/rnu6RV0zHn
I really, really wish I was joking about that
Kendal Green Station Could be worse, at least it has a buildingpic.twitter.com/BhNUkzacAD
Next stop is Brandeis/Roberts, adjacent to Brandeis University Glad I could find a winter pic so you know what they look like half the yearpic.twitter.com/9wedcJbG9c
Next stop is Waltham, a downtown stop at the heart of a large Boston suburb with many bus connections...and it looks like thispic.twitter.com/rtqKme3lqa
Gotta love that they have a roof and high platforms for, oh, 5% of the station but not the rest
Waverly Station located in a *very* wealthy suburb of Boston, and this is the best they can managepic.twitter.com/odp3qSZbDf
How hard is it to build a roof over your platforms anyway?
Belmont Station The building, used now by the Lions Club, is inaccessible to passengers--they just wait at a low platform behind itpic.twitter.com/QjZhst3PE5
At the next stop--Porter Square--there is a connection available to the Red Line subwaypic.twitter.com/b6VhNIx0OK
In the second pic you can see MBTA's capacity to react to snow: it has none, and had to cancel servicepic.twitter.com/KXmIaRLV2a
...and after Porter, we reach the terminal, North Station. So: why am I bumming you out with these dismal stations?
Mainly to demonstrate how much low-hanging fruit there is. The Fitchburg Line--and others like it--are *barely there* in the first place!
Build roofs. Install high platforms. Install fare gates. Replace loco-hauled fleet with DMUs. Sell concessions. We can do it!
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