by Miles Taylor | Nov 24, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Southborough…I dunno, it’s Southborough. Not much to say here. The platform. Southborough’s platform is a long low-level affair, with bike racks and shelters on both sides (featuring a bit of historical information) and benches and wastebaskets...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 23, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The Worcester Line is interesting because past Boston Landing, it’s basically half accessible and half non-accessible stations. What’s more, the line is split halfway between them, with all of the non-accessible stations in a clump; ditto for accessible...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 21, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
During my brief stay in New Bedford, how could I not resist riding at least one SRTA route? I only had about an hour until my bus back to Boston was departing, so I had to do something quick. The 1 caught my eye: it runs every 20 minutes to a peninsula in southern New...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 20, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
What the heck is this route and where did it come from? The Wareham – New Bedford Connection sprung up on the GATRA website with this announcement page, featuring two maps saying exactly the same thing, some points of interest at each terminus of the route, and...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 19, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Wareham is considered by some to be part of the Cape. I personally would disagree – to me, you’re only on the Cape if you go over the canal. Well…today we’re actually visiting the Cape, because the 2 heads into Bourne, canal and all! I...
