Life of an MBTA Sardine
Yesterday the Franklin Line #738 in the morning - PEAK time that arrives in boston 8:40 a.m. was packed in like sardines. Okay. So why is it that the trains that arrive at South Station at 6:48 a.m., or 9:25 a.m. get double deckers and we get one level train with crummy old cars and no seats? Does this make sense? Everyone on the train that arrives at 9:25 on that Fairmont train could lie down and sleep there are so many empty seats. And often they don’t collect tickets. But they collect tickets when you’re standing, can’t reach into your briefcase as the conductor tries to squish by. Go figure. Of course if gas prices keep rising, we may all accept stuffed trains as business as usual as they do in Japan!