by Miles Taylor | Oct 27, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Welcome to SEPTA’s least-used route. The 150 looks absolutely bizarre at first glance: it’s a nonstop suburban crosstown express from Parx Casino (in the northeast) to Plymouth Meeting Mall (in the northwest). I was all set to write this thing off as a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 23, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Gotta tell ya, I was not anticipating a GATRA ride on my return to Boston. “Wanna do the GATRA GO when we get to Foxboro?” Jules asked on the train there. YES, OF COURSE I DO. Oh boy, time for a GATRA trip, and it’s a doozy! Okay, get ready for a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 22, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Answer: local buses. Lots of them. You can also see the video...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 21, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Alright, strap in for a long preamble: for me, getting the first trip on a new MBTA Commuter Rail service ain’t how it used to be. While I could’ve attempted to ride the first inbound train at 5:47 (potentially winning Patriots tickets, apparently), I...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 20, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
By the time my friend and I got to this point in the day, we had been seeing a lot of fields and tiny towns. The 31 was kinda like going back to civilization – it travels to the giant metropolis of Northampton! Okay, maybe it’s not that big, but it is the...
