by Miles Taylor | Jul 21, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
Let’s talk about some Scottish transit! I took a bunch of pictures of all the stuff we rode, so I figured they shouldn’t go to waste. We begin with Scotland’s two largest cities and their respective transit systems… Two trams at Edinburgh...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 20, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, we’ve done Burlington, now it’s time to do Lexington. Lexpress is a system that I felt a little more familiar with going in, not only because I had been on it once before, but also because the system is just a heck of a lot more intuitive than...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 14, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve gotten a few social media comments on my critical look at Canton Center telling me that Canton Junction is the worse of the two. I guess the answer to which one is worse comes down to one question: do you prefer a tiny little nothing station, or do you...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 10, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The Stoughton Line has terrible stations, apparently. Stoughton was awful, and Canton Center isn’t much better. Yeah…this is kind of it. A small platform with almost nothing but a single shelter and a few benches underneath. A parking lot with 215 spaces,...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 6, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The poor Stoughton Line has been having a rough couple of weeks. No one has given it much thought in the wake of the crippling Red Line derailment, but it seems like there are delayed trains on the weekday-only line on a daily basis. Riders have even started a...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 30, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
I always get amazed at how busy these Providence Line stations get. As a small town sandwiched by much bigger ones that also get Commuter Rail service, it feels like Sharon has no right to get the amount of ridership that it does. And yet here we are: the power of the...
