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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA

River Works

River Works

Awwwww yeah, here we go! It's the station I thought I would never be able to visit! River Works is a Commuter Rail stop meant only to serve the GE River Works facility in Lynn, and thus is only open to its employees. Thanks to a connection on the Commuter Rail,...

MWRTA: Blandin Hub

MWRTA: Blandin Hub

Like the GATRA's Bloom Terminal, the MWRTA chose to locate its hub at its main yard. This is a boon for scheduling, since you can have buses and drivers start shifts mere minutes before their trips. Of course, you may remember that the Bloom Terminal was absolutely...

MWRTA: 1 (Woodland Shuttle)

MWRTA: 1 (Woodland Shuttle)

Yeah, it's kinda easy to forget that Woodland has a bus connection, isn't it? The MWRTA actually runs two buses here, but the one we're focusing on today is the 1, which goes from Woodland all the way to the Natick Mall! Not bad for $1.25, eh? OH NO, IT'S A MINIBUS!...

Anderson/Woburn

Anderson/Woburn

Holy moly, this station is incredible! Not since Route 128 have I seen a Commuter Rail station with this much stuff! Could Anderson/Woburn be as good as that station, which received a perfect 10? Let's find out! Looking down the platform. This is a modern station,...

Transit Tales: Last Bus Madness

Transit Tales: Last Bus Madness

The "last trip" system on the T is fantastic in theory, but it doesn't always work out in practice. To put it simply, the last trains downtown all have to wait for each other, then there are a bunch of bus routes that have to wait for those trains to get out to their...

Wilmington

Wilmington

So, why Wilmington? Well, my friend Nathan and I were debating whether to visit this station or North Billerica. The reason we chose Wilmington was because we'd have a little more time before the next inbound train came. Cool story, huh? The parking lot. Wilmington's...

Miles on the MBTA Anniversary Rodeo!

Miles on the MBTA Anniversary Rodeo!

To celebrate Miles on the MBTA's fourth anniversary, Josh, Jordan, Miles, and Nathan embark on the MBTA Rodeo, a series of challenges all around the system devised by Sam. Join us for 43 minutes of action-packed competition and rivalry between the contestants. Who...

Wedgemere

Wedgemere

Two stations half a mile apart...on the Commuter Rail? That's rare on the Red Line, let alone the MBTA's regional rail service. And yet, despite being so close together, Wedgemere still holds its own against its neighbor, Winchester Center. Indeed, it's a heck of a...

Four Year Anniversary! (+Rodeo)

Four Year Anniversary! (+Rodeo)

Wow, has it really been four years since I started this blog? Four years...wow, I don't even know what to say! I'm so happy I've stuck with this for so long, gaining more viewers and expanding my reach to cover Massachusetts RTAs as well (which has been a blast). I...

Winchester Center

Winchester Center

An elevated Commuter Rail station? Oh wow, that's cool, I'm sure I'll love it! Oh wait, it's also falling apart? Shoot...well, we'll have a look at Winchester Center anyway. One of the station parking lots. The parking system in Winchester Center is a bit...weird. I...

GATRA: SAIL (Marshfield – Duxbury – Kingston)

GATRA: SAIL (Marshfield – Duxbury – Kingston)

If one were to rely solely on the SAIL's schedule page, they wouldn't have any idea the route was even called the SAIL! It doesn't mention it anywhere! Yet that's the name GATRA uses when referring to the route elsewhere, and it's certainly a nice name. In fact,...

GATRA: Freedom/Liberty Links

GATRA: Freedom/Liberty Links

The Freedom and Liberty Links form a loop in the northern section of Plymouth, but I can't ever remember which one goes which way! Just to set it straight, the Freedom Link is counterclockwise and the Liberty Link is clockwise. GATRA, these route names are lovely and...

GATRA: Manomet/Cedarville Deviated Link

GATRA: Manomet/Cedarville Deviated Link

You know those bus routes that just shouldn't exist? Yeah...let's take a look at one of those today. Although weirdly, despite "deviated" being right in the name, one positive about the "Manomet/Cedarville Deviated Link" is that it doesn't have any scheduled...