by Miles Taylor | Aug 4, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Bradford is incredibly close to Haverhill – a quick jaunt across the Merrimack River, and there you are. Yet the stations couldn’t be more different. Haverhill feels urban, with fairly tall buildings in view of the station. Bradford, meanwhile,...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 4, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, it’s pronounced “Hai-ver-ill”. Not “Hai-ver-hill”. Not “Ha-ver-ill”. It’s “Hai-ver-ill”. I just wanted to get that out of the way, in case anyone reading doesn’t know how. Now no one has to worry...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 3, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Why did they paint it salmon? Why did they paint it salmooooooooooon? Waverley used to be at street level, but it was depressed into a trench…with salmon-colored walls. Now, perhaps salmon is your favorite color, but it’s certainly not mine. Yuck. Looking...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 2, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
This is a bus I’ve been wanting to take for a while. An incredibly circuitous route, the 554 is an express from Belmont to Boston. Wow, that must be great for Belmont commuters! Oh, wait, it goes via Watertown, Waltham, and Newton first. Yeah, not too many...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 31, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
What a lovely station name. Gosh, what do you think Greenwood’s surroundings are like? Rolling green hills, extending way out into the horizon, covered in beautiful trees…or perhaps a few houses and the back of a bank. The second guess was better…...
