MBTA South Attleboro Commuter Station

Stairs are very rusty trains are late but not bad but there’s a McDonald’s near by always a train going by so it really not that bad.

Parking is cheap and there is an overflow lot near Home Depot. The stairs have been closed forever for repairs though making it inconvenient to get to the inbound side. Completely outside and open to the elements.

Rusty stairs need to be repaired. On the upside market basket just opened so there is a place to grab a coffee or food on the way home from work.

The station is a disgrace. Its starts with the parking. The method of paying is very outdated and completely unfair in some cases. Holiday train schedules can be confusing. So the attendant should not take the money, if the person finds out there is no train coming after they have paid. In that situation on a holiday they could give you back your money, not take it right in front of you when you return to your car. In fact the attendant should be telling people there are no trains coming for several hours. Or not coming at all that day. I actually watched the attendant take money from at least 10 people on a holiday that thought a train to Boston was coming. Only to find out it had been canx. He still took the money even though all of us had just arrived and were immediately leaving.
The stairways that lead over the roadway to the station. They are beyond a disgrace and a public hazard. What are they waiting for them to collapse and kill people. They look like they have been sitting on the ocean floor rusting away. I could not believe how rusted and rotted away they are. They obviously will collapse if not repaired or replaced.
I guess this station just doesn’t care at all how it presents itself. Its in a rather rough area of the region, so maybe that is why they just don’t seem to care. I can’t imagine some of the more affluent areas, where stations are located to be in such disrepair.

Can someone please answer to me what the point is of having a huge lot and not allowing overnight parking? Am I missing something? What a waste!
My friend and I went to Boston for the weekend via the «T». This is not my first time taking the «T» but it was the first time I drove there without being dropped off. Being the super organized person that I am, I planned everything down to the last detail. I checked the MBTA website for parking information at the South Attleboro station to compare it to boarding the train in Providence, as both stops happen to be about the same distance from my home. The only information listed stated that parking was $ 4.00 per day and managed by a separate company called «Laz» (so this is how they separate themselves from the parking company’s unfair policies).
Upon arriving, I picked the spot, checked my space number, and inserted $ 10.00 into this ridiculously outdated contraption. Thinking $ 4.00 per day and then just not having the change in ones, I succumbed to the additional $ 2.00 (big deal, I thought).
So what happens after over-​paying my parking and arriving the next afternoon to get my car? You guessed it, parking ticket! This ticket doesn’t give you an option to call and explain, just the option to appeal and if your appeal is denied you are charged a $ 20.00 surcharge. Also, if you opt to pay by phone or internet you are charged a $ 3.50 surcharge, plus the $ 1 fee that is already added for the fact that you got the ticket in the first place.
Now I’m faced with a little dilemma, do I mail a check in for $ 5.00 (potentially risking it being misplaced) or appeal and potentially be charged more and/​or deal with traffic court? Any logical person will just pay the ticket, and this is what angers me most, they back you into a corner.
The website does not mention that there is no overnight parking. There are not any readily noticeable signs that read no overnight parking as I was sure to check after receiving the ticket. Alas, there is a small section on the white sign near the outdated parking contraption on the bottom left that reads «No Overnight Parking». Unlucky for me I guess, as people were blocking that bottom portion of the sign as they stood to pay that morning.
So thanks South Attleboro Station for all together charging me $ 15 for parking. The amount is not large but the inconvenience hugely unnecessary.

This place needs an upgrade. The method they use to pay for parking is ancient. You basically have to have exact change && drop it in a slot. The price of $ 4/​day is great tho. We found out when we returned the following day that there is no overnight parking. The only place it says that is in small writting at the bottom right of the sign. We deposited $ 10 since we didn’t have exact change of $ 8. We still came back to a ticket for $ 5. Apparently they just took our $ 10 on the first day, expecting another $ 4.
The stairway is completely worn down. Some of the steps have rusted all the way through. It serves it purpose and is conveniently located but in the future we will catch the train from somewhere else.

Well, it is kind of a scary place if you are there after dark. Upside is in the day time there is good parking and a Vrizon store right up on the parking lot. Not sure they would do anything to help in case of an emergency, but one can always hope.

Plenty of parking for this station north of Providence which is $ 4 a day in the lot immediately in front of the platform or $ 3 a day in front of the old Shaw’s. The station has been undergoing some construction for a few years and the stairs have recently reopened. I travel out of here 3 – 5 times a week and find the station and parking convenient. The exits to the lots are less than convenient but acceptable.