by Miles Taylor | Jan 12, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
If South Station is the king of MBTA stations, then North Station is most certainly the queen. (Back Bay is like the 6 of hearts or something.) This massive complex features 10 tracks, serving both the Commuter Rail and Amtrak Downeaster to Maine; an underground...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 11, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I was pretty upset that I had to walk over a mile to get to Lawrence Station from the MVRTA’s Buckley Transportation Center. There’s no street signage leading the way, so I had to go to a library to ask for directions. And the station’s pretty far...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 10, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes, I actually went on another non-MBTA transportation authority while in Lowell. This is the MVRTA (Merrimack Valley Regional Transportation Authority), which covers a large area around its hub in Lawrence, going as far as Hampton Beach in New Hampshire. The 41...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 10, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
In my post about the LRTA’s downtown shuttle, I made a mistake. I said that the Robert Kennedy Transportation Center forms the whole of the complex: bus station and Commuter Rail station. But it turns out that only the bus station is the Kennedy Transportation...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 10, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The 2 is a crazy route meant to serve residential areas to the east of Lowell. I had wanted to ride another LRTA route for fun, and the 2 showed up at the Kennedy Center. When I got in, I asked the driver if it would loop around and come back to Lowell. “This is...
