What, you were expecting me to go all the way to the far southern fringes of the Northeast Regional’s service area? Not quite, pal! Instead, Norfolk, Massachusetts is on the to-do list for today. Let’s look at it.
Norfolk is a relatively small station serving the town of Norfolk, Massachusetts. It’s a park and ride in a small town with not a lot nearby. There’s a partly-built lifestyle center, however I didn’t look at it much. In terms of stuff near the station proper, you just have a small strip mall, a Dunks, and a church. In terms of the station itself, it’s normal, though you have 2 tracks but one side platform (track 1 isn’t complete!), a mini-high, a red dot matrix sign, and a grade crossing along with benches and wastebaskets. Not a lot exciting here. However, there IS something unusual: the Medway “T” Shuttle stops here. Is it signed? NOPE! Because what’s wayfinding?! At least you can GATRA GO if you need out! (stay tuned…)
The good: It’s in a small town and has parking for people to drive in!
The bad: The GATRA bus connections could be signed…., also the fact there isn’t a 2nd platform here is just…why?!
Nearby points of interest: Not a lot…
Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Franklin)
GATRA (Medway “T” Shuttle, GATRA GO)
Overall, yeah, I don’t have a lot to say. It works, for what it’s worth, I guess.
Rating: 5.5/10
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