by Miles Taylor | Feb 8, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
When you have to go to the Longwood Medical Area, you have two options: take the E to Longwood Medical Area Station, or take the D to Longwood Station. You can either wait for a train that never comes, or you can grab a train that runs pretty frequently. You can...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Prudential has a pretty grand entrance. Right in the Prudential Center, there’s a nice big “T” sticking out of the wall, telling you there’s a train station. The entrance itself is glass with another “T” on it. When I first saw it,...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 30, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve always considered the Blue Line to be the most modern of the four – the newest trains and the newest stations (especially with the recent reopening of Orient Heights). Maverick is no different; receiving a major rehab in 2009, it’s the first...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 28, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
“Miles, you don’t review Commuter Rail stations!” Well, I don’t usually, however I happened to be at Reading Station and I figured I’d write a review for it. And how did I end up in Reading? As usual, I had taken a bus for fun – the...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 2, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve always found it funny how the C and E branches of the Green Line end more or less in Boston and the B branch barely makes it into Newton – but then the D branch stretches all the way out to the Weston border on its own amazingly fast right-of-way. The...