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Trains, travel, wandering
Jul. 2nd, 2008 03:55 pmEvery time I'm on a train (commuter rail, not subway), I have the urge to stay on to see where it goes.
What this _really_ is is that I want to just _go_ somewhere, anywhere. And trains seem like a good way to do it. But not local trains, I would need to go on a long distance train. But I don't know, for example, where the furthest I could go from any random station would be.
I know it'd be further from South Station than pretty much any other Boston station. But where could I get from Woburn? I don't think this would be easy to answer, since there are many train companies and owners. But I want to know!
If I got on a train tomorrow, from South Station, or from Woburn or Littleton, how for could I go without changing trains? I know the ends of the lines in the MTBA system. That's not as interesting (although still periodically tempting, if it weren't that ends of lines tend to not have much near them).
I could check Amtrak, but even that is confusing, and not necessarily the only option.
I have never been able to find an overarching 'I'm here, what public transit - local _and_ long distance - is nearby, and where can I go?' resource.
Give me big picture views, people! I know you're different companies, but... it would be _so nice_.
(why do I not have a travel icon?!)
What this _really_ is is that I want to just _go_ somewhere, anywhere. And trains seem like a good way to do it. But not local trains, I would need to go on a long distance train. But I don't know, for example, where the furthest I could go from any random station would be.
I know it'd be further from South Station than pretty much any other Boston station. But where could I get from Woburn? I don't think this would be easy to answer, since there are many train companies and owners. But I want to know!
If I got on a train tomorrow, from South Station, or from Woburn or Littleton, how for could I go without changing trains? I know the ends of the lines in the MTBA system. That's not as interesting (although still periodically tempting, if it weren't that ends of lines tend to not have much near them).
I could check Amtrak, but even that is confusing, and not necessarily the only option.
I have never been able to find an overarching 'I'm here, what public transit - local _and_ long distance - is nearby, and where can I go?' resource.
Give me big picture views, people! I know you're different companies, but... it would be _so nice_.
(why do I not have a travel icon?!)
