by Miles Taylor | Dec 21, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Wait…so this is an Old Colony station…in a town center? No, no, I simply can’t believe it…and yet here it is! Sure, this isn’t “downtown” Scituate, per se (the Greenbush Line doesn’t serve that, alas), but it’s...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 16, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
You know, when I review RTAs, I usually bash them for having long deviations to housing developments that get very few riders. Well, here’s an MBTA route that does exactly that – except it actually gets people! Indeed, the 40’s sole purpose is to...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 15, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Coming off the heels of ranting about the Kingston/Plymouth Line’s split termini, let’s review one of them! Andddddddd…it’s the pointless one. Look, Plymouth is perfectly fine as a station, but I have some serious issues with the fact that it...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 14, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
This is the kind of thing I feel I need to rant about in its own separate post, because this really bothers me. So what’s the deal here? Well, we’re discussing the Kingston/Plymouth Line of the Commuter Rail, one of the newest additions to the system....
by Miles Taylor | Dec 10, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The 66 is a long route. The 66 is a longggggggggggggg route. Traversing almost the entirety of Rhode Island, it runs from Providence to Galilee, on the southern tip of the state. And sure, it’s kinda lame that it only takes around an hour and a half to cover an...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 8, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Here’s the second of Eric Sanford’s two Commuter Rail posts. Thanks again, Eric! Welcome to Canton Center, an average Stoughton Line Commuter Rail station. This station is right smack in the middle of Canton Center. You could even walk right out into the...
