Most people probably know of Greenbush as Scituate’s main MBTA station. However, there’s also another station in the village of North Scituate, that’s not as big parking-wise, but still has things to do around it. Let’s look at it.
After taking GATRA GO here (RIP the SLOOP), the first thing I noticed was the parking lot. It was considerably smaller vs. Greenbush’s. Also, there’s actually stuff to do around here! I mean, yeah, it still isn’t a lot, but it’s better than a lonely convenience store and Dunks, with transit-oriented unaffordable housing. In terms of the station itself, it’s essentially a copy-paste of Greenbush. And, as I said earlier, North Scituate is a small village (sadly not the main economic center – that’s Scituate Harbor and the Greenbush Line goes nowhere near there), but the fact it’s walkable at all is good. It does annoy me there’s no density near the station but eh, whatever. It could be worse.
The good: It’s actually located in an inhabited area and isn’t just a sea of parking! There’s even a nice little walkpath!
The bad: There really isn’t any decent land use aside from the small village nearby. No affordable housing either but meh, whatever.
Nearby points of interest: North Scituate looks cool!
Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Greenbush)
GATRA (GATRA GO)
Overall, I don’t have too much to say about this station. I mean, it passes and is the bar for what a useful station should be for anyone. It’s overall not that bad.
Rating: 8/10
