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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
441/442 (Marblehead – Wonderland Station via Paradise Road or Humphrey Street, Central Square, Lynn, and Lynnway)
If you remember from my post about the 439, the bus driver of that route said that the 441 and 442 are the most scenic buses on the MBTA (and that's saying something considering the views from the 439). My father and I decided to try out the route to see if the...
Wonderland Update (Plus Pictures!)
I paid a visit to Wonderland again last weekend, and I thought I'd add a few things I noticed about it as well as post some pictures I took. First of all, in addition to fun little "Train Approaching" sign, there is also an old-fashioned bell that rings as the...
The Latest MBTA News
As I said last night, my internet was not working, so here's the news today. From June 9-June 20, shuttle buses are replacing the Orange Line from Sullivan Square to Oak Grove every Sunday through Thursday. This weekend (June 8-9), shuttle buses are replacing the Red...
Wonderland
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice...
London Underground Simulator
Yes, I am in fact posting about a computer game. It's just that I've been having so much fun with London Underground Simulator, and I figure anything transit-related is fair game on this blog. I'm not sure if this particular type of feature will work, but tell me what...
111 (Woodlawn – Haymarket Station via Mystic River/Tobin Bridge)
The last two words in the post title is what made me really want to take this bus; one can see the Tobin Bridge from literally miles away because it's so high. When I first saw the 111 on a map, my first thought was "A Key Bus Route that goes over the Tobin? Sounds...
Transit Tales: The Red Line Doldrums
Once, my father and I were taking the Red Line home. All was going fine, until we reached Central Square. There, the train just sat at the station with the doors open. One by one, people started getting off the train. I was trying to coax my father into getting off...
SL1 (Logan Airport – South Station via Waterfront)
For a while, the only way you could get to the airport was the Blue Line to Airport Station, where you have to take a shuttle bus to actually get to the airport. Fairly recently, we got an alternative, the Silver Line SL1. Although it's far from perfect, it's...
34/34E (Dedham Line or Walpole Center – Forest Hills Station via Washington Street)
When I first saw a map of this route, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. Why are there two routes that both have the same number, yet the 34E is 9 miles longer than the 34? Why is the 34E labeled "E" if it goes west? I don't know the answers to these questions,...
Wellington
I've seen Wellington many times by car: Route 16 goes on a bridge over the station. I know that it has a train yard in it. And yet, I had never explored the station before writing this review. In fact, I've only traveled on the northern arm on the Orange...
52 (Dedham Mall or Charles River Loop – Watertown Yard via Oak Hill and Newton Center)
The 52 goes through some serious back roads. It goes by a farm, for Pete's sake! It's also on the chopping block, unfortunately, which means its schedule isn't that great: every hour and a half, weekdays only (although it does go every 25-35 minutes at rush hour,...
Transit Tales: The Only Time I Hate Riding Buses
If only I had read my own blog post. If I had, I would've realized that there were Red Line shuttle buses between Alewife and Harvard. Boy, you should've heard the curses when my father and I came to the Alewife station entrance only to see a sign that said the...
Bowdoin
Bowdoin is the last MBTA station I had to visit. I had gone through them all (except the "stations" on a section of the Silver Line, but that doesn't count), but I never really got the chance to go to Bowdoin (or boy-doin as I used to pronounce it for some reason). It...
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Limited MBTA Service Has Resumed
There is now limited service on all MBTA modes except the Commuter Rail. THE RIDE, Commuter Rail, and ferry service will resume tomorrow (April 20).