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alice_s_jabberwocky t1_j1c3lo2 wrote

This is great news.

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laterbacon t1_j1dhiz0 wrote

For me personally it means I can get downtown from my house in about 25 minutes total with bike + train. Having a traffic-free way to get in and out of the city is going to be amazing. The R-Line frustrates me because it's worse than driving when there's traffic, which is most of the time.

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Educational_Leg36 t1_j1dzr65 wrote

They reopened the old train station? Or is there a new one?

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iandavid OP t1_j1e2je0 wrote

It’s new and in a different location slightly to the southwest, with access from Pine Street to the south and Barton St/Weeden St to the north. The official address is 300 Pine St, Pawtucket, RI 02860.

The old station would have been too expensive to clean up and reuse, plus it sat on a curve so it wouldn’t have been a good location for new high-level platforms.

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evoelker t1_j1eprsc wrote

Can’t wait until they get the T running through Taunton Fall River and New Bedford

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jeanclaudevandamnnnn t1_j1nawep wrote

will this cause rents to go up in pawtucket?

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iandavid OP t1_j1oiupt wrote

Overall, probably not. There is a lot of redevelopment planned for the immediate area around the station, and those new units (plus existing housing in the immediate area of the station) will likely command higher rents/prices. But most of Pawtucket isn’t exactly walkable to the station, so I doubt it will have much of an impact to the city as a whole.

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ipsumdeiamoamasamat t1_j1wgxe2 wrote

Curious to see how much in-state travel there is, especially with schedules timed for Boston commutes and not Providence ones.

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bartolo345 t1_j1bwy2d wrote

Any info on parking?

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iandavid OP t1_j1by45m wrote

I’m not sure but my guess is the parking lot wont be done when the station opens. And from what I’ve heard it’s not going to be a big lot anyway, because the station is designed to serve the nearby area and folks arriving by bus (plus hopefully future transit-oriented development).

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TheSausageFattener t1_j1bzvdw wrote

Ah but you see big garages are what you need to make these work, thats why Wickford and Warwick do so well!

/s

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fate_is_a_sandstorm t1_j1f7o4j wrote

My apartment is very close to this station and my lease renewal is in the Spring… I’m expecting quite a big jump in the rent.

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BigE1263 t1_j1dglm7 wrote

Can’t wait for my car to get broken into for the 80th time /s

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pvdjay t1_j1eagtb wrote

Stop leaving valuables in it. Problem solved.

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NitronicFury t1_j1bq25z wrote

Why the fuck did they take so long to announce this. I literally had to turn down a job offer in Pawtucket over the lack of communication

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[deleted] t1_j1cxlx3 wrote

I'd feel more comfortable spending 6 months in downtown Keiv, than I would spending 6 minutes at a Pawtucket/Central Falls commuter rail station.

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Touchysaucer t1_j1d7zl3 wrote

Sounds like my 70 year old grandmother any time I mention living in the city.

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mayhapsably t1_j1dfcih wrote

"Make sure you don't stand near any train tracks!"

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[deleted] t1_j1d9wvv wrote

Anyone who has lived in RI longer than a month knows that Pawtucket and CF are shitholes.

I don't what you want me to tell you

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Touchysaucer t1_j1dfobk wrote

I grew up in South County but lived in the Providence/Pawtucket area for 8 years. In my experience, Pawtucket was full of people trying to live their lives. Were there some run down parts of the city? Sure, but that is true for almost any place.

Just because you’re afraid/ uncomfortable in the city doesn’t mean it is some dystopian hell hole out of a Deathwish movie.

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[deleted] t1_j1d1oko wrote

You can chose not to listen to Phish. The mugging comes to you.

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edthesmokebeard t1_j1d9l26 wrote

So all the unemployed people in the non-city of CF can travel to Boston?

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iandavid OP t1_j1daf4q wrote

So that residents of one of the densest (and poorest) areas of the state have walkable access to regional transportation that can bring them to work in Providence or Boston.

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laterbacon t1_j1dgccz wrote

CF has a higher population density than Boston but OK

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