With that, I have one question:
Where is the actual entrance to the Garden? I looked on Google Maps and Street View and all I see is parking and the North Station entrance. Is there a way to access the stadium entrance from the station without having to go outside? Do you have to go through the station to get to the arena? Or is the entrance on the back side? (I also saw a notice that the north exitway is being closed down and the MBTA is directing people to go south to Causeway St)
It helps a lot actually. Thanks for posting that. It makes complete sense now - the entrance to North Station, and then going under the garage to enter the stadium.
Although it's interesting that from Copley Place, they chose to walk the extra(?) distance over to Back Bay Station as opposed to going a block down to Prudential Station on the Green Line which would also take you directly to the arena...
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The green line is a bit notorious for the unpredictability of the trains. You'll see three D line trains in 20 minutes but not a single E line
Got an email about an hour ago, all-event tickets have shipped.
This is most likely because the Green Line is far more complicated than the orange line because there are 4 green line branches and not all of them go to North Station. Some of them end at Park Street and you have to wait for another train that's going farther. So it's not as simple as just hop on the first train you see and you will go straight to North Station. It's not too complicated once you figure out the system, and the green line runs more frequently since there are multiple branches, but the orange line is much easier to explain to someone using the T system for the first time. I was a info booth volunteer for 2014 Boston Nats and we were encouraged to just tell people to use the orange line for simplicity's sake.
OK, if I understand the system using the on line planner, if we chose to use the green line from Copley, we must catch an "E" train, there and back to the north station.
1. How do we know where the train we are on is as far as getting off? How do we know what train is an "E"?
2. They showed some sort of cash machine. Can one purchase a weekly pass with those machines? Is the price of a weekly pass different for us seniors?
3. Does the Orange line at Back bay only have one train?
4. At some point, someone said the normal path from North station to the arena was under construction and we had to use the exit across the street. I am sure it will be well marked.
OK, if I understand the system using the on line planner, if we chose to use the green line from Copley, we must catch an "E" train, there and back to the north station.
1. How do we know where the train we are on is as far as getting off? How do we know what train is an "E"?
2. They showed some sort of cash machine. Can one purchase a weekly pass with those machines? Is the price of a weekly pass different for us seniors?
3. Does the Orange line at Back bay only have one train?
4. At some point, someone said the normal path from North station to the arena was under construction and we had to use the exit across the street. I am sure it will be well marked.