It happened again, this time at Roxbury Crossing. Glad I'm posting this based on the fact I stumbled across it on the MBTA site, and not because I'm on the Orange Line. Today was not its best day, and I hope the upcoming shutdown fixes whatever was going on today.
Edit: I got on the Green Line to maintain even subway rides.
Trying to decide between Green Line from Museum of Science to Prudential and walk to Back Bay for a Commuter Rail train home, or Orange Line from North Station to Forest Hills followed by a bus somewhere closer to home for dinner, and either walk or call for a ride home from there. I’m leaving the museum at 4:30. Any input from actual experience on the Orange Line before then would be appreciated.
Sitting on an Orange Line train at Forest Hills waiting to only get as far as Back Bay due to a disabled train at Chinatown. Don’t know how long it’ll last, but just putting it out there. I almost thought they started the suspension early. Seriously considered going to CR if it didn’t leave by 7:25, but the slow ride started at 7:10. Hoping I get a free transfer to the Green Line at Prudential or Copley so I can get to North Station, but worst case scenario, I go to Prudential Star Market for morning snack before getting on the Green Line and getting off at Science Park or Lechmere instead of North Station, and go to the Museum of Science from there. Happy Tuesday commuters!
Do the Silver Line buses that stop at Airport station stop behind the Blue Line fare gates, or would I have to exit the fare gates from the Blue Line to transfer to Silver, or go through them if transferring the other way? I'm curious because I've gone past Airport Station on the Blue Line a couple times in the last month, and considered making that transfer to get back to South Station instead of going back to Aquarium and walking from there. To be clear, I want to know if the Silver Line buses are behind the fare gates so I know whether to tap my CharlieCard when I get on to register the transfer if outside the gates, or if I can just board the bus behind the fare gates and take my seat, like at South Station and the underground stops in Seaport. Just want to plan ahead because I'm planning to go to Revere Beach more times this month.
My friend is driving us to Readville Station to catch the 7:45 AM Fairmount Line train to South Station on Saturday for Independence Day in Boston. We are planning to take the 10:55 PM train back there from South Station, with Plan B being Orange Line and Bus 32 in either direction if anything goes wrong. This is going to sound like a dumb question, but would 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM be okay for being parked there on a Saturday after paying for parking?
As a victim of this weekend’s Franklin Line suspension, I’m curious about whether the Boston Stadium trains went through Back Bay, Ruggles, Forest Hills and Hyde Park to get to Track 5 at Readville before continuing to Foxboro, or it went via Fairmount to Track 4.
Just saw Ruggles installed the Commuter Rail fare gates. Gonna guess Back Bay’s next, followed by the rest of Zone 1A. Hopefully, they aren’t as difficult as South Station ones, which I know extreme weather messes up.
Today I took the T on a weekday for the first time in a while. I usually ride it on weekends, but I wanted to check out the Sistine Chapel at Cambridgeside when tickets were cheaper.
First, the commuter rail was actually crowded. I know that should have been obvious, but it was a culture shock to me as someone who usually gets on the Fairmount Line at Readville, the first stop, I’m the only one who gets on there, and I have my choice of seat.
Then, I took the Green Line from Prudential to Science Park. I got off the commuter rail at Back Bay, but didn’t trust the Orange Line after the issues I’ve seen reported here (Thank you by the way). I also was gonna transfer to green from orange at Haymarket anyway. I probably missed the peak crowds, since I got on at about 9:30.
After the Sistine Chapel and a quick Museum of Science trip, it was Green Line from Science Park to Park St. I was one of 3 people from there to North Station, where more people were inevitably picked up.
Now on a commuter rail train home, later than my usual latest weekend ones. Crowd’s on par with weekend traffic. We’ve come full circle.