by Miles Taylor | Mar 14, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
For its busiest stop and its downtown, you would think Wellesley would ensure that Wellesley Square is as nice of a station as possible. A valid thought, but a wrong one… One of the station’s parking lots. For a downtown station, Wellesley...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 13, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Wellesley Farms didn’t score particularly highly with me. Will the next station, Wellesley Hills, be an improvement? Let’s find out. The station…from above. There are two ways to get into this station. The first one is a staircase from Cliff Road,...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 12, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, that station name is misleading. I don’t see any farms, just a ton of huge houses! Coming down Croton Street. There are a few entrances to the Wellesley Farms inbound platform. One of them is a staircase from Glen Road – pretty standard. You could...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 11, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
This is Endicott. It’s just Endicott. Cool, can I end the review now? Okay, okay, fine, we’ll look at Islington. The entrance. Okay, one thing I’ll say about this stop is that it has a really unassuming entrance from Carroll Ave, and that’s...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 10, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Apparently two minutes of train time makes a big difference. Contrary to its southern neighbor, Norwood Depot is actually quite pleasant! Approaching the station. This station is in a much nicer neighborhood than Norwood Central, with some pleasant TOD apartments...