Commuting from Sudbury (N of Rte20) to Boston (S Station) via Framingham Line (Natick: home)

[nphelps]

I recently moved to Sudbury, MA and am trying to find the quickest/most convenient route to the financial district (south station). Currently I have been driving to the Lincoln station (about 20 mins) but switching over at North Station has become really annoying. It seems like there is plenty of parking at the Wellesley commuter lots (unlike the Natick lots), but does anyone know how the traffic is in the morning between 6:45 and 7 am? Does it get really congested by a certain time? Which route is the best to take (rte27 to rte9 OR rte27 to rte20 to wellesley street)? Any help would be greatly appreciated as my current door to door commute is 1:45 - 2+ hours!!

[MikePRU]

One of our regular posters named Parsec commutes from Sudbury. I believe he gets on the train in Wellesley. Hopefully, he'll chime in with some good info soon.

[hken]

Originally Posted by nphelps

I recently moved to Sudbury, MA and am trying to find the quickest/most convenient route to the financial district (south station). Currently I have been driving to the Lincoln station (about 20 mins) but switching over at North Station has become really annoying.

Have you tried switching over to red at Porter?

[wolfgang239]

Also, have you considered driving to Alewife and Parking? It isn't too much more time in the car and parking all day is $7. If you get there by 7:30 you should be ok, but it can take forever to get out in the evening depending on your timing.

My father commutes to Downtown Crossing from off Hudson Rd. in Sudbury daily and he has found this to be the least painful method.

[Parsec]

nphelps: what part of town are you coming from? I go from the Haynes-Nixon area to the financial district. In the morning it takes me about 1 hour 20 minutes door to door: 30-35 min drive, 5 min buffer to park and wait for train, 32 min train ride, and 10 min walk to office which includes the human traffic on the platform when you get off the train. Going home is 1 hour 15 min because I can time everything down to the minute and don't need any buffer time. Plus the fact that I don't have to transfer on the red line like I did when I take the train from Lincoln to Porter to South Station makes things infinitely less stressful. PM me your location and I can tell you the way I go. I avoid Rt-20 and Rt-9 - those are the worst. I had another guy from Sudbury follow me to the train station this morning and he loved my shortcut.

wolfgang239: Funny, driving to Alewife was the most stressful for me because it was such a crapshoot. Some days it would only take 1 hour and other days 1 hour 45 min. It's definitely the way to go if you work staggered hours and can get out of the Alewife garage by 4pm.