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    Harvard Square MBTA Station - Red Line & Buses

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    Upper Busway
    Mark T.

    You know what I love about the Washington DC Subway system? The architecture is vast and open, it keeps it simple and makes it easy to find your way around. That was actually the intention of the architect if memory serves. Not as grand as, say, Moscow, but amazingly functional. Now take Park Street or Downtown Crossing... I can't count how many times I've given a tourist directions, or told someone in Park Street "Trains don't pick up people on this track, where are you trying to go?" Harvard Square station reminds me of the former, wide open, and easy to navigate, at least from the main lobby. When you pass the fair gates, there are two ramps, one going up and one going down, both clearly marked with the direction of travel. The lobby itself is large, and contains ample fair machines. There's a Dunkin Donuts, of course in a station this large, it would be weird if there *wasn't* one. With one of them behind glass, busway is very easy to find too. There are also two alternate entrances/exits. One of these is at the far end of the upper busway, and another on Church St (someone please correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm not an expert on street names). I've used this station for long enough when I enter I am on autopilot, so I can't definitively say how easy (or not) navigation is from these entrances... though I can say there is ample signage throughout, and this station is nowhere the hot mess of the aforementioned Park St or Downtown Crossing. One of the notes I have is there is one vertical TV screen in the lobby that contains the bus departures. The only other indication are the signs on the actual busways, which only display two busses at a time. It would be nice to have a little more signage. Not necessarily a large board like they have at South Station, but something larger than a modest TV screen. The station is fairly clean, well, as much as you might expect from a large station in an urban area. There's no graffiti, and no excessive amounts of trash. There is a restroom, though don't count on it, I once needed to go, only to find, umm, an contemporary organic masterpiece on the floor. Also, the elevator by the busway more often than not smells like a public glass urinal (with camera to boot!).

    Harvard Square Station
    Bruce K.

    Directly underneath Harvard Square and with a number of entrances and exits to street level, the station is easy to navigate and get through. There are escalators and elevators from street level to the ticketing concourse and a good walk from the automated ticket vending machines and turnstiles to the platforms. The platforms are split one on top of another, so they've made it a sloped walk from the turnstiles. This is interesting. Harvard Square is on the Red Line between Porter and Central Stations. There is also bus service inside the station. There is a DD inside the station, too.

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    MBTA Kendall/MIT Station

    3.4
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    This is by far the nicest station on the red line stop! It looks the newest and cleanest station we…read morestop at while in Boston. They also mean it when they say this is the MIT stop. This exit puts you right on campus and just outside of the Google headquarters.

    Why can't we switch inbound or outbound within the station? Make sure you check the signs before…read moreentering! It would be very unfortunate if you were running late and needed to swipe again. Yep that's definitely happened to me. Thankfully this one isn't located in the depths underground like Porter Square requiring multiple long stair cases/escalators to resurface. Aside from that logistical annoyance, I also have a horror story about how I was trapped on the red line trying to get to Seaport for an event for well over 40 minutes. There were issues with our train and if you know the Inbound line between Kendall/MIT to Charles MGH there is a vertical incline to clear the Longfellow bridge between the stations. (We didn't make it far before trouble happened.) Unfortunately the train struggled to climb and remained stuck waiting for assistance and updates. Disturbingly every 5 minutes or so we could feel gravity sliding the car back a few feet as well. I felt bad for the train operators who announced "we apologize for this inconvenience, we will get this train moving momentarily" every few minutes. The apology while appreciated lost the impact after the first few iterations. I was extremely late for my event, which thankfully I was not presenting or speaking. The worst aspect was we were trapped. No additional cars behind us until they decided to hitch our dead train to another to propel us to the next station where of course we all poured out at Charles MGH in the overcrowded station. Ever since that incident I have been wary of any red line delays.

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    Boston University East

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    What a cute above the line stop! My husband was going on a memory lane trip from his time at BU and…read moreI also wanted to visit the cool campus! Our trip started here, we got off at BU East stop (B Line)- Green, right in the middle of Com Ave (Commonwealth), near the Warren Towers, the dorms he lived in! Safe stop, clean, trains arrive quickly, a great way to see the city! Nice outdoor platforms as well!

    A surface level station for the B Branch of Boston's Green Line MBTA, Boston University East is one…read moreof the three stations that serve the BU community. The station has a minimal amount of cover from rain but it's not much. You're going to be experiencing the weather here for sure. At least there is a decent barrier from the traffic of the very busy Comm Ave. This station does not have an audible or visual announcement of the next train. It has some handicapped access with a portable ramp for wheelchairs to access the higher platforms of the Green Line trains. There are no ticket machines or turnstiles here. If you are disembarking here, you will need to press the "stop request button." If you are boarding, you will need to do so at the front door next to the driver so that you can provide payment. Boston University East is between Boston University Central (outbound) and Blandford Street (inbound). [Review 9926 overall, 1504 of 2018.]

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