by Miles Taylor | Oct 23, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Let’s take care of a one-off Fairmount Line review, shall we? This is Morton Street. It’s a Fairmount Line station in Mattapan. That’s all the background you need. There it is! Morton Street Station is located on the road of the same name, a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 5, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Well gosh, that’s a simple title, isn’t it? It doesn’t really give away the multimodal nature of Springfield Station: multiple Amtrak lines, freight traffic, a possible commuter rail system, intercity bus lines, and the hub of the entire PVTA. Looks...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Holyoke was a newer addition to the newly-rerouted Vermonter, and it shows. This thing was designed with people in mind, and unlike Greenfield and Northampton, it actually has a full high level platform! Would you like to see more? If not, then you probably should,...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 2, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Is it possible for a transit center built in 2010 to look like it came from the 1970s? The Holyoke Transportation Center tries to answer this question, and clearly, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” *Ahem.* Case in point… Yeah…this is it. Gotta...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
A guest post from Phillip Byrne about North Quincy. Thanks, Phillip! Continuing south on the Braintree Branch of the Red Line, North Quincy is about 2 minutes to Wollaston. Going north it’s eight minutes to JFK/UMASS, the longest distance between 2 stops in the subway...
