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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
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
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)
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
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
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
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!
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...
Harvard Shuttle: Barry’s Corner (Continuum – Kennedy School – Harvard Square)
You may remember the last time I tried to ride the Barry's Corner route - it didn't go so well, thanks to Harvard's old malfunctioning Blue Bird bus. Luckily, with some time between the end of school and a concert, I was able to head out and try again. Instead of the...
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)
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
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...
The Great GATRA Deviation Game! (Video)
Here it is! This video covers all the GATRA Plymouth routes - we rode them all in one day, and it basically drove us to insanity. So much went wrong, but what do you expect? It's the GATRA...
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
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
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...