by Miles Taylor | Dec 6, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The 455 used to go all the way down to Haymarket, but during the bus massacre of July 2012 it was cut back to Wonderland. Trips to Wonderland had previously been weekend service, but now it goes there full time. That’s not to say that the cutbacks made the...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 6, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
This route is really isolated: it’s the northernmost MBTA bus route; it only runs eight times a day; it’s one of the most expensive buses for the MBTA to run; it was on the chopping block in 2012; and it goes down a road on which not even Google Street...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 4, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
A long time ago, on one of my very first for-fun bus trips, my father and I took the 459 up to Salem. I mentioned in that post how we got stuck up there, and a 459 back to Boston never showed up. At one point, there was a 450 that came, but for some reason I...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 3, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
“456!” Shouted the driver out of the bus that said “NOT IN SERVICE.” Some people started to board the bus. Racking my memory, I remembered that the 456 goes to Salem. I called my mother, got the a-OK, and was the last person to step onto the...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 31, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
Once upon a time, I said I’d write a post about the 426 “at some point.” When I said that, however, I had only ridden the 426W, which is the weekend version of the route – it just goes to Wonderland. The full route, which is the weekday...
