Every T Line in Boston, Ranked From Worst to Most Acceptable (but Still Pretty Bad)

TheMBTAis a eldritch entity . Occasionally gratifying , yes , on those rare days when it manages to get you from point A to repoint B on time and with footling hype . But more often than not , the T is , in fact , the worst . But that does n’t mean all MBTA lines are made as . To turn out that , we ’ve ranked every Boston deoxythymidine monophosphate line from most unfavourable to , well … least unfavorable .

5. Green Line

The city ’s oldest subway line is also its most maddening . How so ? Let us reckon the way :

4. Silver Line

Because first off , it ’s a bus . A duple - long bus , sure , but a bus nonetheless . Which mean you ’re at the mercifulness of the city ’s insoluble dealings patterns . And while it serves declamatory swath of the South End and the Seaport , it really manage itself like an airport shuttle . Which means schedules get aborted all the time . Then there ’s the fact that you ’re wait outside at every single full point ( see : it ’s a motorbus ) . And why do multitude seem to feed on the Silver Line more than any other transit line of credit ? Do the narrow-minded confines somehow promote appetite ? Honestly , we ’re genuinely happy the metropolis now provides public shipping to antecedently neglected parts of Boston , but come on … it ’s a bus .

3. Orange Line

Yes , it can be dirty and hamper and meretricious . And yes , its on - fourth dimension record is unfathomable . But here ’s something else to think about : as we indite this , an Orange Line gear catch flack 24 hours ago . Also , a passenger was arrested a match of weeks ago for a " lustful act " towards another passenger . Also also , there was that celebrated blow job picture ‘ round the world ( or at least in the New York media ): a BJ perform on the State Street platform … at 2:30pm … that was snap .

All that said , we think the Orange Line make an unjust rap . It ’s no more or less dangerous than any other system of rules , and it meets up with every line of business in the metropolis . So it ’s like the MBTA connector .

2. Blue Line

Honestly , it ’s all about the escalators for us . Those horrifying , narrow , child - eat escalators at stops like Aquarium that break down when they ’re not trap our shoelaces . On the other hand , a report released by the MBTA earlier this yr found that the Blue Line had the best on - time record of any Boston organization . So there ’s that . On the other other hand – you know , because we ’re octopod – latterly last twelvemonth the Blue Line underwent " urgent burrow repairs , " which does make us just a shade leery . But still , it ’s your only bell - devoid agency to get to Eastie . And now that it ’s summertime , KO does beckon . So while Wonderland greyhound racing may be defunct , Revere Beach is still right across the street from the station .

1. Red Line

It ’s not to say there ’s nothing to complain about . agenda holdup are routine , as are unannounced and/or decade - long bridgework and course repair , and most of the city ’s manspreading and haversack assaults seem to take position on the Red Line . But there ’s some undecomposed , too : the cable car are in general clean and encompassing ; a fair number of the stations have been reconstruct ; Porter Square ’s escalators still feel like they belong to another , more cosmopolitan city ; and whenever we ’ve check dogs on the T , they ’ve been on the Red Line . Sure , fires pass off … but not all the clock time !

Um , OK , so that ’s all we ’ve got for the Red Line . Call it the right of the worst . coolheaded ?

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The Red Line in Cambridge