Originally Posted by
Skillet
Find an attendant and ask for a plastic card. AFAIK, this is the only way to get one. There is no information about obtaining a card but plenty of propoganda about how wonderful it is. Just another oddity I have discovered as a new Boston resident.
Interesting, when we arrived at Airport station, we found an attendant, and he just snarled at us and said we had to put $2 per person in the Charlie Ticket machines. We did not know about the Charlie Card until we stumbled into Back Bay station the next day. I hope our exeprience was just an abberation. There is no need to spend $0.30 per ride more, if you do not get better service for the money.
I did not know that you could ride commuter rail for free from South Station to Back Bay station. Thanks for the tip.^ Since we always stay in my old Back Bay stompin' grounds, we never considered using the Silver Line. We will have to reconsider this practice in the future.