by Miles Taylor | Feb 7, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Every Braintree branch station was originally opened with some form of parking (Quincy Center’s garage has since closed, but the point still stands). For the more northerly stations, the parking lots are somewhat secondary to the neighborhoods around them. But...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 7, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
UPDATE 8/16/19: This station has been completely rebuilt! Check out the new review here. Wollaston is definitely one of the most notable stations on the Red Line. Does that mean it’s good? Hahahahahahaha, absolutely not. And being the only non-wheelchair...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 7, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I wanted to head down to Quincy Center, but the first train that had come was an Ashmont train. Rather than just wait it out for the next Braintree one (in ten minutes), I decided to just get on the Ashmont train. I didn’t want to have to change trains at...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 3, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve taken the 69 a fair amount of times before writing this review. Most of those times have admittedly just been from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin school to Harvard Station (only a few blocks), because I’m lazy and sometimes miss the 68. However, I...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 2, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I went to the South Shore Plaza many times when I was younger. My nana would always take me, and I have particularly vivid memories of riding the glass elevator up and down, over and over again. Visiting the Plaza again on the 236 was certainly nostalgic, and it was...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 1, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
While waiting for the Red Line at Wollaston (this is all kind of building up to a review at some point), a Commuter Rail train came speeding by. It kicked up snow as it went along, and made for some pretty cool photos. The back of the train (but technically the...
