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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
Chestnut Hill
Too much to review, too little time. I have a non-MBTA bus to write about, and that'll certainly come out at some point, but I figured I'd get a few stations done first. Since I just reviewed the 60, here's Chestnut Hill, the closest station to that bus. And being a D...
60 (Chestnut Hill – Kenmore Station via Brookline Village and Cypress Street)
Man, there are a lot more buses that I rode but didn't review than I thought. The 60 is yet another one of these - I rode the 60 a few years ago, but didn't review it because I didn't have any pictures of it. Well, I've got some pictures now, so it's time to take a...
55 (Jersey and Queensberry – Copley Square or Park and Tremont Streets via Ipswich Street)
The 55 is an odd little route. Running between Park Street (or Copley Square nights and weekends) and the quiet West Fens neighborhood south of Kenmore Square, it's certainly a "locals-only" route. Weirder still is that almost all of the 55 runs along with the Green...
“B” Asks…
"How many above ground, non tunnel, exposed to weather miles are in the MBTA system?" I don't have an exact, official amount for that, but I did some quick math to get an approximation. The MBTA subway system is 64 miles in total, not including the Silver Line. Of...
90 (Davis Square – Wellington Station via Sullivan Square Station and Assembly Mall)
I can handle a bus being 15 minutes late. Heck, even a half hour late is tolerable. You know, it happens. But 40 minutes late is just unacceptable! That said, the 5:20 trip of the 90 from Wellington to Davis seemed to be cursed from the beginning: faulty destination...
110 (Wonderland or Broadway and Park Ave – Wellington Station via Park Ave and Woodlawn)
"It's actually rather uninviting, but there are some businesses quite close to the stop. We didn't get to try any of them, however, as a 110 came (review coming at some point) and we continued our journey." - Miles on the MBTA's review of the 111. Well, if...
Random Photos: Revere Beach in the Snow
I'm not really a big fan of Revere Beach, but it was actually pretty cool in the snow. Maybe it was because the snow covered up the constant litter that permeates the beach in the summer. "Unguarded Waterfront," says the sign. I think that goes without...
Random Photos: Squirrel in the Rafters
I'm back! I was finally able to actually get on the T! A lot of crazy stuff has been happening lately what with the blizzards, the shuttle buses, and Beverly Scott's resignation (which I'm pretty upset about), but I haven't been able to report on any of it. Instead,...
Brookline Village
After a trio of southern Red Line stations, let's take a trip out west to the Green Line. In particular, we're heading out on the D branch. And even more specific, we're looking at Brookline Village, where my mother dropped me off from JP so I could take the train...
Braintree
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 Quincy...
Wollaston
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 accessible...
Broadway
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 JFK/UMASS,...
69 (Harvard/Holyoke Gate – Lechmere Station via Cambridge Street)
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 also took more...
236 (Quincy Center Station – South Shore Plaza via East Braintree and Braintree Station)
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...
Random Photos: Speedy Commuter Rail Train
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...