I ended up riding the commuter rail to hit the airport on my way home from visiting a dear buddy…read more It was a worthwhile experience! And inexpensive to boot. Great for residents who reside in the 'burbs and time goes by quickly checking out the views in the fall. The rail was CLEAN and they take your 8 bucks when you sit down. It gave me nostalgia from back in the day riding the train with my fam! Folks that worked there were friendly too and I felt very safe riding it alone. There's plenty of parking at the depot for those who commute into Boston often. I was honestly wishing the ride was longer, HA!! I'd take it again in a heartbeat especially if you need a quick cheap ride to the city. Do not take uber or lyft in this area. They are slow and the funny part is you will get to town quicker if you take the train. Do it!! You'll love it.

MBTA commuter rail spot with a large large parking lot. Many people also walk to this stop from…read morenearby homes an led parking lots. This station/lot is a good option to move up a zone from Walpole stops and points south, making it a more affordable option. There are two parking areas on each side of the railroad tracks, with the east lot being the larger lot. There is also a Dunkin' Donuts nearby if your wait for the next train is long.

Number 55 bus route once provided excellent service from early morning to late evening. It…read moreconnected many residents living in this urban area to the rest of the city. It allowed people to live without a car freeing up space and lessening pollution. Then came COVID-19. It hasn't been the same since. Now down to 6 hours a day it's a shadow of its former self. Better than nothing, but not quite what it was. What's especially sad about this situation is that the area is growing rapidly. Just as more buildings are being built and more residents and businesses moving in we have service cuts. This in turn forces new members of the community to own cars or resort to Uber or Lyft which brings more traffic into an already congested area. Add the 35,000 extra people flooding in during Red Sox games and concerts and you have to scratch your head and wonder why this bus route is always the target of cuts. Rather than the MBTA Promoting the benefits and convenience of using this bus service they slash service discouraging use. This isn't exactly a winning strategy for providing needed transportation within a congested and growing neighborhood. R. Houle West Fenway Boston, MA

The 55 bus is so convenient going to and from Fenway to downtown. It is 80% ontime, and the bus…read moredrivers have a record of being exceptionally friendly. One night, the bus driver dropped passengers off at a restaurant on Boylston St. that was between stops for no reason other than being a nice guy. This bus is a little specialized for those living in the Fenway area- but if you ever have friends that want to have drinks before going downtown, don't fret the walk! You can easily pick up the bus and be dropped off in prime locations on Boylston St. Going back, on the other hand, seems to take forever- I've only ever picked it up at Copley or outside the Prudential Center (Cheesecake Factory entrance)- but again, usually always on time.

This bus is pretty dependable when it comes to the daily commute to the city on the weekdays. There…read moreare three buses that frequently run all day until 7:00. There's the 214, 216, and then the 214/216. It becomes a "combo" bus after 7pm (214/216) meaning that it goes to both Germantown and Hough's Neck. The 214 goes to Germantown and the 216 goes to Hough's Neck. Service has always been good - no problems with this bus. It gets really crowded after 7 because it runs once an hour at 7:20pm, 8:20pm, e.t.c.

Unfortunately I'm always late to work because of the green line. If work is 20 minutes away, leave…read morean hour earlier! Arlington is the worst for me. This is where traffic tends to pick up, especially after people fill up at Park St. One time a train broke down in the middle of the tracks. We were stuck in the train cart for over an hour. Then the fire department ended up evacuating the train and made us walk along the dirty tunnels and train tracks. My shoes were ruined because of this incident. No reimbursement. No honor. Japan's trains are beyond better.

Just this past Boston Marathon, I took the green line out to Newtown Centre to go spectate with my…read morelocal friends at around mile 19. For some reason the trains headed out to Riverside weren't running at Park St station, so I hopped on a Heath St train and got off here to wait for a D train. 2 D trains were bunched up, so the train that I was on was run as an express train.

I liked it in here, it was sweet, but it was kind of a Bittersweet Symphony if you know what I…read moremean. That's life. So I've been trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money, before I die. And this station ended up taking up a couple of minutes of my life, but I'm not complaining. This is a really great subway station, which is clean and shiny and new and nothing like the stereotype of what Boston stations are like. Much nicer than a lot of the New York ones. It reminds Barbie of the metro in Washington DC in some ways, especially the shiny new stations like this. She especially appreciates the colour coded lines and maps.

One of the nicer underground stations on the Green Line (though no free crossovers), Symphony is…read moreclean and in decent condition compared to many. It is not handicapped accessible with stairs from the platform level to street level. There are a number of exits, depending on which side of Mass Ave you'd like to be on. It has the other usual features for underground stations - an automated ticket kiosk for purchasing a fare, turnstiles and audible/visual announcements of the next train. Symphony is on the "E" branch of the Green line between Prudential (inound) and Northeastern (outbound).

Extending the Red Line by 2.5 miles, the "M" Line is a streetcar/trolley that runs from Ashmont,…read morewhere it connects to the Red Line, to Mattapan, where there is a small loop and the trolleys cycle back to Ashmont. The full run takes about 9 minutes from end to end and stops through a handful of small stations. The line runs on PCC Streetcar stock, which was previously used by the Green Line. The cars were built by Pullman-Standard in 1945-1946 and have been in continuous service in Boston since their construction although they were rebuilt a couple of times since then. The cars are the very definition of "cute." There is seating and straps. All stations except Valley Road have been retrofitted with lifts or wheelchair ramps. All stations are above ground and have minimal services but still better than the outer stops of the Green Line. There are markings, some cover from the elements and announcements of the next train in either direction. If you are boarding at Ashmont, the transfer from the Red Line is free. As is the transfer from the M Line to the Red Line. If you're boarding the M Line from any other station, there is the usual fare.

Want to experience public transportation like it was in the 1950s? There's a place in Boston where…read moreyou can still do that - the Mattapan "high speed rail" line from Ashmont to Mattapan. Take the Red Line to the end of the Ashmont line and hop on the vintage orange trolleys on a short ride over to Mattapan. At the end of the line you can view a few other trolleys that were damaged in a collision from a few years ago. Unlike other trains, the trolley stops at request at the various stations along the way.

Nothing fancy here at this station that is not nearly as nice or full-featured as the one just up…read morethe line. This is a platform and that's it. It gets the job done but as much as you can, you'll want to use the Anderson station. Not every train on the Lowell line stops here, so be sure to carefully check the schedule.

This is the loneliest stop on the Lowell Line. The trains stop here only three times a day, but the…read morestop provides valuable transportation to those who commute here to work. You mostly see workers from the nearby hotels or "mall" And sometimes a few working stiffs who who cone here to work at the adjacent industrial area. The station is in disrepair. The stairs have been closed.for a while. There is a switch back ramp for ADA access but The ramp to board the train is never used (I've.never seen passengers with wheelchairs at this stop. Most trains blow by this stop at rapid speed. Watch out when crossing from the closed stairs side.

An extra star now that the bus has a GPS tracker, but still not on time very much according to its…read moreofficial schedule.

This is the replacement bus for the old Washington Street Orange Line, before it got torn down…read more With that said, how does the MBTA have the nerve to go from a rapid transit train to a bus that has rather shoddy service? It's a decent bus, gets you around that part of JP, but besides that, definitely needs improvement, it is late far too much.