Four Blue Line stops to be closed for repairs this summer
By adamg - Wed, 06/18/2008 - 8:09pm.
Wonderland, Wood Island, Revere Beach and Beachmont, with staggered closings starting June 21 with Wonderland. Shuttle-bus service during the closings.
Island, Beach, Beach
Definitely the stops you want to close during the summer.
Needles and broken glass
yeah - when I wanna go to the beach... the first places I think of are East Boston and Revere
Must have never been there
Must have never been there yourself, because while it isn't the pristine CCNS, it's great beach for a day trip.
Plus you can get yourself some Kellys!
Nahaunt, and The Beaches in South Boston are also nice little getaways from the concrete and heat of the city.
mmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmm ... Kellys. Served blisteringly fry-oil hot with a side of attentive seagul beggars and loud exhaust pipes.
SO what T accesible beach do
SO what T accesible beach do you visit instead???
Castle Island!
Bring a bike and getting there from the red line is a breeze.
I've never done it, but you should be able to get to Hull and a Nantasket off the Greenbush line.
but...
bikes are banned at Castle Island. the Staties will make you get off of them or issue a citation if you ride them there.
They can't stop you from riding on the public roadways
Nobody can stop you from riding TO Castle Island and the nearby beach areas, locking your bike, and walking/swimming/roasting/etc.
bikes banned at Castle Island - only on the walkway
The walkway along the south side of Pleasure Bay is for pedestrians only. Otherwise, you can ride a bike anywhere around Castle Island.
Point well taken, but I
Point well taken, but I think your original comment made sense. Revere Beach is the most accessible beach for local families with a limited ability to travel long distances by car, or go to Hull via "greenbush".
I myself prefer Nahant for a quick jaunt, if only for the fact that it is missing the infamous seaweed that seems to plague most of the North Shore.
Haven't been this year, but
Haven't been this year, but I'll take seaweed over the red goo/alge from the past few years
hull, nantasket, etc
I would recommend taking a bike on the Greenbush line, if you want to visit a beach that way. From Nantasket junction, it's about a mile to Hingham harbor and/or World's end. From Cohasset station, it's between 2 and 3 miles to Nantasket beach.
Or you could take bus #220 from Quincy center to visit the Hingham town beach.
Other beaches accessible by T and bike
Carson Beach and L Street beaches in South Boston: walk or bike from Andrew station on the Red Line
Singing Beach: Manchester-by-the-Sea. You don't even need the bike for this one. Just walk from the station, it's not that far.
Good Harbor and Wingaersheek beaches: Gloucester
Plum Island beach: Newburyport
Crane's Beach: Ipswich. But beware, the road to the beach is fairly hilly. Ipswich and Essex ran a scheduled shuttle bus from the T station to the beach last summer, and I assume they'll do it again this year.
Nahant Beach: Lynn
Plum Island
You can bring your bike for an absolutely scenic, flat ride though the whole sand bar, beaches, the entire 8.23 meters!
I like to meander down toward Ipswich to get home - a bit more challenging road and terrain, but scenic and Clam Box Clam Box Clam Box!
That sounds exhausting!
8.23 meters?? :P
Scenic Route
You can take your bike on the ferry to Hull, also. Six bucks per ride. You can go there and back in the same day, easy; it's about a half-hour.
Hull ferry doesn't run on weekends, though
I don't understand why -- surely it would be quite popular during the summer.
they're only closing one station at a time
Also, there's no island at Wood Island.
Bike to the Sea - June 22!
Ride meets at the Dockside Restaurant in Malden and heads for the ocean.
I'll get better details on time and route after this meeting ... if Ron doesn't get them first.
Bike to the Sea details
http://www.biketothesea.org/
The 16th annual Bike to the Sea Day ride will be held on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 9 am. Meet at the Dockside Restaurant, 229 Centre St. in Malden.
A 10 mile family ride will reach Vitale Park in Saugus and an 18 mile adult ride will reach Nahant Beach before returning to Malden. Children must be 8 or over, under 16 accompanied by an adult. Helmets must be worn by all. The $25 family of four fee and the $15 individual rider fee also covers T-shirts, pizza and door prizes after the ride back at the Dockside.
Riders may register outside the Dockside on the day of the ride from 8 until 8:45 am.
Repairs? What about Orient Heights?
Again, O.H. station is the red headed stepchild. The station is in such bad shape I'm surprised both platforms haven't just disintegrated before our very eyes.
But, the good part is that with Orient Heights still open, you can get to Winthrop and Yirrell Beach. Yes, it has a view of the north side of Deer Island water treatment plant, but the sand is soft, there's lots of it and the water's clean.
Repairs? Why Wood Island?
Isn't Wood Island one of the newer stations on the Blue Line? When I lived in East Boston, anyway, it seemed pretty evidently more modern than all of the surrounding stations. Airport obviously gets the nod now, but last time I was down on the Blue Line last summer, that still seemed to be the case. I'm not sure I see why they are doing work on Wood Island above other stations on the Blue Line or even the rest of the MBTA. Is it really falling apart that fast?
Harbor Islands
If you don't mind paying the $14 fee per adult ($8 for a child 3-11), there's the beach on Lovells Island in Boston Harbor. Ferries to the islands leave from Long wharf, near Aquarium station.
Doh! Wollaston Beach
Just look at a red line map - and you don't even need a bike to get there (although it would make it easier to find a good spot).