East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Ocean of parking
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Stairs up to the street, because the parking lot is on the opposite side of the track from the platform
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Stairs down from street level to the platform and station
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
For accessibility, this ramp is provided to bypass the stairs.
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Landing 53, located next to the station, is a six-story mass-timber apartment building with 172 units, built atop a two-level concrete parking podium with 198 stalls. The building also has 12,000 square feet of retail space.
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
This is the most "urban" setting of all the Greenbush Line stations, but the canopy design is the standard one. The separate shelter for the bike racks is unusual.
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Looking down the platform toward the Commercial St. overpass; main parking lot out of frame to the left
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Standing under the Commercial St. overpass, looking at the end of the platform and the cut leading out of the station
East Braintree/Weymouth Landing station
Quincy Ave. overpass and the west end of the platform
East Weymouth station
A fairly long shelter at this station, with a long ramp up onto the railway berm from the parking lot
East Weymouth station
Apparently the original bike rack wasn't enough, so a newer one of a different design was added later.
East Weymouth station
Looking back down the ramp from platform level
East Weymouth station
West end of the platform, with signs to indicate stopping locations for the engineers of inbound trains
East Weymouth station
Looking east at the shelter (the design of this one is a bit unusual)
East Weymouth station
Another view of that ocean of parking, seen from the platform
East Weymouth station
Oh wow, it's an ocean of parking with a solar canopy! Why doesn't every station have one of these?
West Hingham station
This is yet another transit-oriented golf course! (Tthe original Old Colony service to Greenbush and Kingston was still operating in 1922 when the course opened. Back then, far more of the South Shore Country Club's members likely arrived via train; nowadays, they more likely drive.)
West Hingham station
Looks pretty much the same the other way, except for the standard shelter.
West Hingham station
The end of the platform just ramps down to South and Fort Hill Sts.
Nantasket Junction station
Another solar canopy atop the ocean of parking, will wonders never cease?
Nantasket Junction station
Standard canopy design again; if you look closely, you can see the netting wrapped around the rafters to keep birds from nesting in the shelter.
Nantasket Junction station
Only at the stop for six-car trains!
Cohasset station
Another ocean of parking, bigger than any of the previous ones, but no solar canopy here
Cohasset station
The Whitney Spur Rail Trail actually separates the station proper from its enormous parking lot. The Rail Trail is built on the former branch line serving the Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex in Cohasset.
Cohasset station
I saw several people using the nearly-empty parking lot as a high-speed cut-through from Route 3A to North Main St.
Cohasset station
The Whitney Spur trail continues a bit beyond the station
Cohasset station
This walkway serves as both part of the rail-trail and access to the station platform
Cohasset station
Just the usual 800-foot single-track high-level platform
Cohasset station
I happened to see some birds flying by and the sky looked pretty.
North Scituate station
These New Old Colony stations are getting to be a bit of a muchness...
North Scituate station
The ramp down from the platform here leads to the North Scituate business district at Gannett Road and Country Way. (The station entrance is off Country Way.)
North Scituate station
Another shelter, just like the last one. I'm a bit surprised they put the platform so far from the street, but maybe that's to keep from fouling the grade crossing?
North Scituate station
You can probably pin down the exact date of construction for this station by the Verizon logo on the former payphone stand. (The phone itself is of course long done.)
Greenbush station
Finally, we are at Greenbush, the end of the line. Unusually, the layover facility is actually within the station — so trains going into service have to exit the layover onto the active line, reverse direction, and then pull back into the station to pick up passengers.
Greenbush station
The end of the platform, but the beginning of the line, under the Stockbridge Road overpass.
Greenbush station
Only one train in the layover facility, which seems odd given that all weekend service on the line is suspended.
Greenbush station
Same shelter design as the other stations