Arborwayfan wrote:But in that case, why not cut out bigger building lots? Maybe the original builders of the line thought they might want more tracks in the future so they made a provision for that with wider abutments, but the tracks were never needed so never built.The ROW appears to be the normal width for a railroad, around 60 feet or so.
Perhaps the reason for the unusually wide abutment there is to keep people going between the station and the west side of Roberts St from climbing the embankment and crossing over the street on the railroad bridge?
"The destination of this train is [BEEP BEEP]" -announcement on an Ashmont train.