Southborough, despite the name, is barely in Southborough itself, If anything, much like Grafton being on the Shrewsbury line, Southborough is on the Hopkinton town line. Nevertheless, here’s Southborough Station.
Southborough is your standard Worcester Line infill station built in the early ’00s. There actually used to be a station within a mile of here to serve the Southville area of Southborough, however these days it’s somebody’s house, so obviously they couldn’t do that. However, the current Cordaville station site isn’t that bad. Unlike Westborough, the tracks don’t run through downtown, so I can’t use that against this. There’s a decently-sized parking lot, a mini-high, nonfunctioning yellow dot matrix signage (oops!), the usual amenities on the mini-high, and rather an overpass, there’s an underpass to change sides at the intersection of River St. and Southville Rd. As for land use, it’s rather suburban in nature, though once you cross into Hopkinton (which is VERY EASY on foot), you’re basically in a state park. Neat! As for buses, apparently the MWRTA stops here at peak hours on the way between Boston Scientific and the Blandin ITC. However, I didn’t see any traces of a bus stop anywhere. Overall, though, not bad! Funnily enough, this is, by way of microtransit, also the transfer point between the WRTA and MWRTA.
The good: There’s a mini-high! There’s some stuff around here (unlike Westborough!). Furthermore, there’s parking for those that need it. I was here midday on a Monday and it look like it was being decently used. It’s also got the usual you’d expect from a Commuter Rail station.
The bad: It’s a mini-high. Bleh. Also, it still feels desolate. And no way to change sides closer to the mini-high???
Nearby points of interest: Pizzaville restaurant is nearby, as is the Hopkinton State Park. Not a lot, otherwise.
Transit connections:
Commuter Rail (Worcester)
MWRTA (15)
WRTA (Via WRTA)
Overall, not a bad station!
Rating: 7/10
