TBH, I don't get the undying love that some (not anyone on this forum. Moreso on Facebook) for the T. I've been to Boston a few times and found the T to be useful, but still concluded that SEPTA is the superior system. My biggest annoyance of the T is the fact that it stops running too early. A few years ago, I went to a bar in Cambridge with a few of my friends. We were alarmed to discover that the last Red Line train passed through around 12:30AM. This wouldn't be so much of a problem if the T had other late-night services, but this wasn't the case and we had to end our night out early. At least with SEPTA, I knew (and still know) that I can make my way home after the bars close--even into the Northwest, which has little late-night service (although, prior to the pandemic, I remember a 1:40AM-1:50AM departure on the R6 Manayunk/Norristown Line).
IMO, for the T to match SEPTA, they would have to run service later into the night, extend the Blue Line to connect with the Red Line at Charles/MGH, connect North and South Station via a tunnel, electrify both ends of the system, and resolve their operational/safety issues. The T is one of my favorite American public transit systems, but I don't think it tops SEPTA and PATCO.
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