by Miles Taylor | Oct 5, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Time for a short route that’s not particularly noteworthy. Okay, it’s the FR 8! We left the parking lot of Bristol Community College and turned onto Elsbree Street, which soon passed Durfee High School. There were some suburban businesses as we turned onto...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 4, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
“Beginning Wednesday, September 5 and continuing until early 2019, NJ TRANSIT will continue the installation of Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment on our rail fleet throughout the state. To accommodate this critical safety upgrade, all service on the...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 2, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s time to go west! Leave the constraints of Fall River and escape to the idyllic countryside of Swansea! It’s home to such wonderful points of interest as, and this is a direct quote from Wikipedia, “Swansea Motor Inn (featuring water...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 27, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Today was the grand opening of the Trolley Portal Gardens, so it’s a perfect time to do our review of the 40th Street Portal trolley station! I attended the opening ceremony on behalf of the SEPTA Youth Advisory Council, and it was a great time. Among the...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 23, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
What was my first impression of the 9? Well, I couldn’t really form one…because the bus never showed up! Sam and I got to the first stop five minutes early, but I guess that was a little too late – the rascal left before we got there. All was lost....
