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  • One of the best things about a metropolitan city is its network of public transporation. With the oldest subway system in the country, you can't go wrong riding the "T". The "T" is a great way to get around Boston. The subway consists of four lines - Green, Orange, Blue, Red and all togehter covers most of the city and the immediate suburbs. Living in a city like New York, I am use to riding the public transportation and find the "T" to be efficient and easy to navigate. One thing though, the "T" stops running after 12:30 at some stations and up to 1:30 am you may be able to get on. Make sure to know you designation, your line and the time schedule (although a bit off).

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  • well it rhymes with t.... - Boston
    well it rhymes with t....
    by kazander
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    Parking in Boston is terrible! Better just to walk or if you'll be travelling a distance take the subway known as the "T". It is a very comprehensible system with maps posted in the stations on the trains. Cost is $1.25 or a tiny token with a T emblazoned on it. It will take you one way, including transfers.. You pay on the train by the conductor.

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    T / subway: Hop the "T"!
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  • Boston's transportation system is the MBTA, or "T" for short. This includes the subways system, buses, the commuter rail (train) and even waterfront/boat service. When people in Boston refer to taking the "T" however, they are usually refering to the subway lines, and calling a bus a bus and so on. There are 4 main lines: Red, Green, Blue and Orange. For simplicity, think of it as two running North and South, and two running East and West with the intersections forming a square of 4 stops. "Inbound" simply means you are heading into that square, "Outbound" means you are heading away from the square. To ride the subway it will cost you $2.00, but if you opt to buy a refillable "Charlie Card" your ride will only cost you $1.70. Bus is $1.50, or $1.25 using the Charlie Card. On the subway, the main points of interest can be found as followed: Red line: Cambridge, Harvard University, MIT, Boston Common, the State House, Downtown Crossing (shopping) and down south into South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Braintree. Blue Line: Government Center, State Street, Aquarium, Airport and Suffolk Downs Orange Line: North Station, Haymarket (North End), State Street, Downtown Crossing and Chinatown Green Line: Science Park (Museum of Science), North Station, Haymarket (North End), Government Center, Park Street, Arlington, Boylston, Copley Square, Kenmore (Fenway Park area), Boston University, Boston College, Symphony Hall... It is important to note that the Green line splits after Copley and again after Kenmore. There are 4 lines: B, C, D & E. If running outbound in that direction past Copley or Kenmore, be sure to find which line you should be on. One more important tip about the Green line: it can be a crazy ride! With service both above and below ground, these trolley cars have been known to whip around corners. So hold on. The MBTA sells passes, visitor passes, weekly passes & monthly passes depending on the length of time you are planning to stay. You may also buy these online.

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    T / subway: Not bad Subway
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  • The T here is a pretty good subway system. You will find it very easy to use and will get you around as needed. If its not much past midnight. Sadly like so many other systems around the world it does not run late night. One more reason New York is better than Boston.

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    T / subway: Ride the T. It smells like Pee!
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  • "I haven't anything to wear on
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    by garridogal
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    There's no rhyme or reason to it's schedule. They run single car trains at the height of rush hour so you either have to feel (and likely smell) like a sardine or continue to wait, the a/c is either broken or blasted so high that icicles will form from your nose. The new Green line cars just suck for a variety of reasons and baseball season is a nightmare beyond words.

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    T / subway: Which Letter Did They Say
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  • My first week in Boston I was terrified of riding the T because I never had been on a subway before. Well what a mistake that was. I went home my first weekend to visit my boyfriend and had to navigate the T trains by myself. Well, B, C, D, they all sound similar. I got on the wrong train and ended up at Boston College instread of Boston University. Luckily the T driver was nice and he let me back on and directed me at Kenmore Square to the right train. Once you have the letters down then you master the colors, green line, red line, orange line, purple line and blue line. Can you remember all that. When in doubt grab a T map, it will definately help. On most lines the T-Fare will run you $1.25 in each direction. If you are visiting Boston and plan on using the T a lot, you can invest in a visitors pass or one of the monthy passes offered depending on your length of stay. The last trains leave at 12:10 AM, so if you are partying late you'll need to find an alternative, such as a cab.

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    T / subway: Public transit makes so much sense
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  • In a town where there is no grid pattern to the layout of the streets, drivers are routinely called "massholes" and streets are terribly marked, if at all, taking the T (subway) is one of the sanest transportation choices you can make. The underground stations are warm on a cold day, too. :-)

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    T / subway: Take the T! Leave the car at home.
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  • Do yourself a favor, don't try to drive around Boston. If you drove to get to Boston, leave your car at the hotel and take the T! Driving in Boston could quite honestly ruin your trip. Not only are the roads croweded but I swear, with the big dig, the roads literally change overnight. The T is the local subway system and it is EASY to use. Please don't be intimidated by the T, it is nothing like the confusing NYC subway system. It is pretty clean and the maps are quite simple to understand. If you are on the T and you get totally turned around - look for a your person to ask directions. Boston is FULL of college students who know there way around and are not out to get you. Find a friendly, young face and quietly ask directions.

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    T / subway: The 'T'
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  • One of Boston's Green Line trains - Boston
    One of Boston's Green Line
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    Boston has a pretty extensive system of public transportation consisting of buses, a subway, commuter trains, and even ferry service. The system collectively is called the 'T', although most tend to use the term primarily to refer to the subway portion of it. The subway consists of four lines - Red, Green, Orange, and Blue - and among them covers most of the city and the immediate suburbs. Each line is different, with different "personalities" to its stations and equipment. Incidentally, Boston's is the oldest subway system in the country! The ferry services the Inner Harbor and runs the commuter service to the southern suburbs and Logan airport as well. The commuter rail spreads all over the Eastern half of Massachusets, north to south, with the trains coming into Boston's two very appropriately named North and South Stations. And the buses are... Well, they're buses. They go all over Boston and suburbs.

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    T / subway: Riding the T
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    I used to rather enjoying riding the T in Boston (link to guide below) . Composed of four color-coded lines — red, green, blue, and orange — the T can take you most places throughout downtown Boston. The Green line trains (also called "streetcars" or "trolleys") offer a rather spectacularly rocky ride in certain spots, I used to get it to Allston for my musical soirees. You could start off in a tunnel, ratting away from side to side, hanging on for dear life and then be trundling along a street where the T had suddenly become a tram-like vehicle. The T appears to be quite logically arranged : 'Inbound' is always toward downtown Boston and 'Outbound' is away from it'. - although I have been on the T with a longtime Boston resident, who got us going in the wrong direction quite some way before I noticed! (I must have been used to the confusion of the London Underground he he ). Irrelevant Observation : There used to be quite a large amount of men carrying large bunches of flowers on the Boston T. Hmm

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