by Miles Taylor | Jun 16, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Time to ride MART’s local Leominster shuttle kinda thing! Yeah, I dunno, this is a weird one. We’re doing “Whitney Field” as one word? Really? I boarded the bus at the start of its loop in Leominster just north of Monument Square, just to get...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 15, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The 11 is scheduled to leave Wachusett Station at 7:45 AM. The first Fitchburg Line train of the day is scheduled to arrive at Wachusett Station at 7:45 AM. Well, obviously, that transfer didn’t work out. Time for Plan B: walk to Great Wolf Lodge from Wachusett....
by Miles Taylor | May 18, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes! We’re finally leaving Athol! We’re on our way home! Let’s just wait at the Athol ITC and get the lovely Athol/Orange Link, and…oh God, what is that… TRUCK MINIBUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m just gonna come out...
by Miles Taylor | May 16, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Man, this route is out there! It officially gets to a point where it’s closer to the New York border than it is to Boston. Interestingly, this far-out land has had a bus route for a while; this deviation-filled loopy-loop used to be operated by a company called...
by Miles Taylor | May 15, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh no, ATHOL has an “intermodal transit center” too? This has to be even worse than the Gardner one, right? Well, right off the bat, I’ll say this: the Athol ITC is in an old train station, so it’s more “intermodal” than...
