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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA

Bradford

Bradford

Bradford is incredibly close to Haverhill - a quick jaunt across the Merrimack River, and there you are. Yet the stations couldn't be more different. Haverhill feels urban, with fairly tall buildings in view of the station. Bradford, meanwhile, is very local...

Haverhill

Haverhill

Okay, it's pronounced "Hai-ver-ill". Not "Hai-ver-hill". Not "Ha-ver-ill". It's "Hai-ver-ill". I just wanted to get that out of the way, in case anyone reading doesn't know how. Now no one has to worry about embarrassing themselves by mispronouncing the city when...

Waverley

Waverley

Why did they paint it salmon? Why did they paint it salmooooooooooon? Waverley used to be at street level, but it was depressed into a trench...with salmon-colored walls. Now, perhaps salmon is your favorite color, but it's certainly not mine. Yuck. Looking at the...

Greenwood

Greenwood

What a lovely station name. Gosh, what do you think Greenwood's surroundings are like? Rolling green hills, extending way out into the horizon, covered in beautiful trees...or perhaps a few houses and the back of a bank. The second guess was better... Well at least...

Melrose Highlands

Melrose Highlands

This is the second time the "heights" (or "highlands", in this case) Commuter Rail station has the most ridership in a town! Unlike Needham Heights, however, which gets very good ridership, Melrose Highlands' is very low. But also unlike Needham Heights, Melrose...

Long Wharf – Charlestown Navy Yard (Ferry)

Long Wharf – Charlestown Navy Yard (Ferry)

While the Hingham/Hull ferry is primarily meant for commuters, the Charlestown ferry feels much more touristy. Even so, it's still the fastest and most reliable route from Boston to the Navy Yard, and runs frequently. It's also pretty cheap, with a $3.25 one-way fare....

Service Change: NYC, Part 5 – The A and the 1

Service Change: NYC, Part 5 – The A and the 1

After our Staten Island adventure, my father and I wanted to take one more ride. Well, I wanted to take one more ride. Okay, anyway, we decided to take the 1 up to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Problem was, the 1 is a slow local train. The solution was taking...

Service Change: NYC, Part 2 – The Staten Island Ferry

Service Change: NYC, Part 2 – The Staten Island Ferry

Many a tourist has gotten on the Staten Island Ferry for the views, and for the fact that it's free. But when they get to Staten Island, they usually just get on the first boat back to Manhattan. Well, I wanted to explore the strange, isolated Island of Staten, so we...

Service Change: NYC, Part 1 – The M20 (NOT!)

Service Change: NYC, Part 1 – The M20 (NOT!)

I went to New York over the weekend! And I took some trains! And buses! But not the M20. Let me explain: to get to Staten Island, the most obvious (and touristy) way is the Staten Island Ferry. And the most obvious way of getting to the ferry is by taking the 1 train...

Forest Hills

Forest Hills

Here we go. The big one. The huge Orange Line terminus featuring a bunch of bus connections on two different busways, a Commuter Rail platform, and even some retail inside the mezzanine. We shall wait no longer, and commence this review of the monster hub known as...