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[Stlin]

If only it could be as easy as picking up the Wickford Station and dropping in Cranston.

It's a shame, because if you're one of the few people who has ever been out to it, it's actually a really nice station - indoor waiting room and all. It's one of the best local case studies for "where you put the station matters." Bus connections, walkable access... Admittedly, to this day I don't understand just how much TOD they were envisioning to get to ~3500 daily boardings by 2025. That's like 7x what they were expecting at TF Green, which admittedly is also still not exactly a high ridership station.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

All signs point toward demolition of old train station

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – In the end, a viable future for the old Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station on the line between the two cities might not be viable after all,

www.valleybreeze.com

 

[Tom Nevers]

All signs point toward demolition of old train station

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – In the end, a viable future for the old Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station on the line between the two cities might not be viable after all,

www.valleybreeze.com

“One question to be determined is whether the entire station should be demolished, said Jerzyk, or whether a portion should be left as a sort of pedestrian bridge.”

This seems like the next best option if the building can’t be repurposed.

 

[The EGE]

It's only 500 feet between Barton and Clay streets, and leaving a footbridge wouldn't actually shorten any walks. I can't see it actually being useful.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

It's only 500 feet between Barton and Clay streets, and leaving a footbridge wouldn't actually shorten any walks. I can't see it actually being useful.

A footbridge seems silly when much of Barton Street right by the station is closed to traffic because of its poor condition. How then could a footbridge few would ever use be justified over repairing a street bridge that would see traffic?



Google Maps
Note the barriers on Barton Street near Broad Street.

 

[RandomWalk]

It’s a shame that it was neglected into oblivion. In another universe, that might be neat space for an art museum or children’s museum.

 

[nicanbot]

Didn’t want to start a new thread with this but, as it’s related to the station’s TOD, yay Pawtucket! https://pbn.com/180-unit-apartment-complex-at-new-pawtucket-train-station-gets-initial-ok/ (I didn’t look at renderings, just caught the news)

 

[New England Born & Raised]

Didn’t want to start a new thread with this but, as it’s related to the station’s TOD, yay Pawtucket! https://pbn.com/180-unit-apartment-complex-at-new-pawtucket-train-station-gets-initial-ok/ (I didn’t look at renderings, just caught the news)

The site for this 180 unit residential project is literally right next to the parking lot for the new Pawtucket MBTA Commuter Train Station. 258 Pine Street used to have an old mill building that was across from Armando's Market. It had a fire in 2018 and was demolished in 2020. I had thought it might eventually become train parking. The present station has just 200 spaces which currently already see maxed out use weekdays with plans to extend the lot this summer adding 200 more spots.

Demolition begins at 258 Pine St.

PAWTUCKET – Working alongside a special master appointed by the Rhode Island Superior Court, the city announced that the demolition of the burned-out old mill building at 258 Pine St.,

www.valleybreeze.com

 

[BBascule]

258 Pine Street, via ZDS Architecture