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T Time: Haymarket but there’s no hay…and no market

By Jeremy Bramson | December 6

To be perfectly honest, the title of this week’s column is a bit of a lie — the no hay part is true, but there is an actual market at theHaymarket station, just not when I visited. Anyways, I braved the cold this week and took a quick and easy trip toHaymarket station. For those interested in visiting, you can hop on theGreen Line at the Medford/Tufts station and take it all the way toHaymarket. As someone who commuted to the station nearly everyday over the summer, I can verify that it takes exactly19 minutes to get there. Not 20 minutes, 19.

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T Time: A Trip to Jamaica (Plain)

By Jeremy Bramson | November 15

This past weekend, I decided to visit a neighborhood I’ve never been to before — Jamaica Plain. I’ve always been intrigued by its name — why is a neighborhood in Boston named Jamaica? Plus, one of my best friends is from there and raves about how much she loves it. Getting to Jamaica Plain is a bit of a trip; it took me a bit more than 45 minutes each way. If you are interested in visiting, you can hop on the Green Line at the Medford/Tufts Station, take it to North Station, then transfer to a Forest Hills-bound Orange Line train and get off at Green Street. From the Green Street Station, it’s about a 10-minute walk to the core commercial area of Jamaica Plain.

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T Time: Just around the Coolidge Corner

By Jeremy Bramson | October 25

This weekend, instead of watching the Head Of The Charles — which I regret not attending — I took advantage of the beautiful weather and took a trip to Coolidge Corner in Brookline. For those interested in visiting, you can take the Green Line from the Medford/Tufts station, transfer to the Green Line C branch between Government Center and Copley and take it to Coolidge Corner station. All in all, the trip took a little bit under an hour.

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T Time: Two stops down the Red Line

By Jeremy Bramson | October 15

After a brief hiatus, I’m excited to resume publishing T Time. Every other week, I’ll visit a new station on the MBTA and share a little bit about the station’s history, the neighborhood’s history and fun things to do in the area. As this edition’s title suggests, today I’m discussing a station two stops south of Davis Square on the Red Line: Harvard. For those interested in visiting, you can take the Red Line from Davis and travel two stops or you can take the 96 bus from campus, which makes stops at the corner of Winthrop and Boston Ave, outside the Dowling Garage and at the bottom of the Memorial Steps. The train takes about five to 10 minutes to get from Davis to Harvard while the bus takes between 15 and 25 minutes, depending on traffic.

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T Time: A trip to Wonderland

By Jeremy Bramson | April 17

This past weekend I took a trip to one of the MBTA’s most uniquely named stations — Wonderland. Despite its faults, I give the T credit for giving its stations better names than “blah blah street” or “so and so avenue.” Some of my personal favorites include Alewife, Haymarket, Brandon Hall and Beachmont. For those interested in traveling to Wonderland, take the Green Line from Medford/Tufts to Government Center and then transfer to an outbound Blue Line train and take it all the way to the end of the line. The trip was about 45 minutes each way which is a bit long, but worth it in my opinion.

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T Time: Spring in Central Square

By Jeremy Bramson | April 2

This past Sunday, I woke up early, hopped on the T, and spent my morning strolling around Central Square and the surrounding neighborhoods. For those interested in visiting, you can take the Red Line from Davis Square and reach your destination within 20 minutes.

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T Time: The ‘Green Line Extension World Tour’ to Union Square

By Jeremy Bramson | March 12

For today’s column, I performed what I am calling a “Green Line Extension World Tour” on my way to visit Union Square station. In my travels, I passed through all sixGLX stations plus Lechmere. For those interested in visiting Union Square, you can take the Green Line from the Medford/Tufts station to Lechmere and then transfer to an outbound Green Line D.

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T Time: Double feature — Copley and Washington Square

By Jeremy Bramson | February 27

This past weekend, my mom visited, and we decided to spend the day inBoston. During our excursion, we traveled to two different T stations:Copley andWashington Square. When considering what to write this week’s column about, I could not choose which station to cover so I decided to cover both!

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T Time: The magnificent Maverick Station

By Jeremy Bramson | February 13

For today’s publication of T Time, I decided to cover Maverick Station and the surrounding neighborhood. You may ask, why cover Maverick? My answer – it has a cool name.

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T Time: The mystery of Riverside Station

By Jeremy Bramson | January 30

If you have ever looked at a map of the MBTA on your phone, you may have noticed that the D branch of the Green Line extends far west of Boston like a long, green tentacle, ending at Riverside Station. This quirk of the T has always intrigued me. Why does the D branch extend so much farther than other branches of the Green Line? What mysteries lurk at Riverside Station? To answer these questions that rattle in the back of my mind, I dove into the world of investigative journalism and journeyed to Riverside Station.