by Miles Taylor | Apr 1, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Cohasset. More Old Colony. Cool. The parking area. The high-level platform is completely and totally standard: it’s long, with benches along the whole thing, with a higher concentration under the station’s modern shelter. Some paths lead to the parking...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 30, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Nantasket Junction. Old Colony. Let’s go. This is about all you need to see. It’s a single track, so it’s just one platform. There are benches along the whole thing, but there’s a higher concentration of them (plus wastebaskets) under the...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 27, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Another one from Mike N. – thanks, Mike! Ashland, Ashland, Ashland. The one interesting thing about this station is that it exists. Yep, this will be a boring one. Well, the first thing I saw at Ashland was a warning for high speed trains. But that doesn’t make...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 19, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The original Bridgewater station was closer to downtown, but I actually like the Old Colony placement more! Yes, you heard me: the Old Colony station is in a better location than the original. That’s because this stop now serves Bridgewater State University, and...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 17, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The MBTA has made many mistakes over the years. Wickford Junction is one of them. We begin with the busway. Throughout this review, we’ll be talking about the various ways Rhode Island has tried to make this waste of a station into something that comes even...
