Noel Weaver wrote:The last time I spent a night in the Boston area a bunch of us from out of town stayed at a decent place (sorry I don't recall the name) right at the Riverside Stop at the end of the Green Line. Parking was free and a short walk to the trolley station for a fast ride into Boston. It was an excellent place at that time.
I think there are also places around Braintree but that might be away from your direction of travel.
Noel Weaver
6-story Hotel Indigo is the one. Or at least that's what it's called right now...not sure when the last ownership change was. Right next to the station with excellent panoramic view of the entire yard. Whichever hotel room is on Floor 6, NW corner might as well be renamed the "Railfan Suite" for how pitch-perfect positioned it is.
Whole Riverside station area has grown tremendously in the last 5 years as a big mixed-use office complex has sprung up on the northerly side of the station. MBTA might even see the financial upside very soon of taking the station parking capacity vertical with a tall garage so they can cash in some of the parking acreage on the south side to private developers for another big office building. Some developer will definitely pay a steep premium for the property. That's how desireable this area and the area around Woodland Station on the other side of the golf course have gotten lately.