by Miles Taylor | Jan 27, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes! It’s been way too long since I’ve reviewed a Commuter Rail station with some character! Serving throngs of beachgoers in the summer and hardy commuters in the winter, Gloucester Station is right where the action is (almost) in a beautiful North Shore...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 26, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
As you may know, the blog’s jurisdiction has expanded to non-MBTA systems, which I will now be doing proper reviews of! And what better way to start doing this than with a review of a Saturday-only express bus from Danvers to Gloucester? Okay, there are probably...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 24, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, I really wish I was doing a review of the 431 right now. When the 435 reaches Lynn, it does a tiny separate loop route, the 431, and then returns outbound. I was planning to take the 431, do the loop, and then take the 435 up to the mall. Unfortunately, things...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 23, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I was originally going to use this as an intro to my upcoming review of the 435, but no. This needs its own post, because this is ridiculous. So I was in the Lynn Busway, taking pictures of a 431 (previously 435) bus coming in. The driver beckoned me in and started...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 23, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The last time I took the Tri-Rail was going south from Delray Beach, all the way down to Fort Lauderdale. This time I took it the other way, as we were using it to get to the West Palm Beach Airport. I’ve talked about Delray Beach Station in the previous...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 21, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, so the “cliffhanger” at the end of my last Florida post was probably obvious. Of course we got off at the Lakes of Delray gated community in order to get onto another bus! This time it was the 70, which would take a different route back to Delray...