Woah, a new terminal station entry?! Yep. I took a trip out to Scituate and decided to check the place out, ride GATRA GO (RIP the SLOOP š ), and do two station entries (this & North Scituate). So, welcome to Greenbush!
Greenbush is your standard Old Colony-esque terminal station with a decently-sized parking lot, an on-site yard, and relatively minimal bus connections (or even signs a bus connection exists!). The platform is sheltered, there’s benches, and unusually a red dot matrix sign (rather than the usual yellow on the Kingston and Middleborough Lines – though, the Greenbush Line came a full decade after those). Around the station is not a lot, there’s some convenience stores, a restaurant or two, and transit-oriented housing. However, it is not “affordable”, but rather “luxury” housing. Yikes. Now, in terms of bus connections…..it’s GATRA GO. Again. Historically, it was the SLOOP (Scituate Loop), but that got killed off earlier this year and I never had the chance to ride it. Tragic. However, there is a marina close by!
The good: It’s sorta close to housing and, despite being a park & ride, is in a somewhat walkable area! And, there used to be a second parking lot that actually got redeveloped into the aforementioned luxury housing! Train service is also slightly more frequent vs. most of the system on weekends! Lastly, the platform is a full high level affair. Sweet!
The bad: No affordable housing nearby! Yeah, I know, it’s not part of the station itself, but I feel like land use matters with cookie cutter-esque station entries! And here, it’s all luxury housing primarily! Or, suburbia. I mean hey, it could be worse, some stations have only a country club in their walkshed…
Nearby points of interest: Some shopping plazas, a golf course, a marina, and luxury housing. There’s actually a little bit going on near here, even if it’s not the town center or Scituate Harbor.
Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Greenbush)
GATRA (GATRA GO – RIP the SLOOP)
Overall, as far as park & rides go, it actually isn’t that bad. Granted, land use could be better, and there really oughta be affordable and mixed-use development around here, but it certainly could be worse…
Rating: 7/10
