<p>My son is going to visit a class at Harvard, just going in for a day. If he takes the train into south stAtion, how long and expensive would a cab ride to Harvard be? Or is there an easy way to get there on the subway? I don't want him to have a lot of hassle or complications. Thanks.</p>
<p>He can take the red line from South Staion right into Harvard Square. Much,much cheaper.</p>
<p>The cab would probably be at least $20, but the train is easy. No transfers, and it’s the only line in South Station.</p>
<p>And the Harvard stop is right outside of Harvard Yard. Simple as pie!</p>
<p>Absolutely have him take the red line. It’s like…I can’t even think of the price right now. But under 3 dollars at least, probably cheaper. All he needs to do is go down a set of stairs at South Station, buy a CharlieCard (train ticket), get on the train (he’ll need to check if he’s going inbound or outbound - very simple, there are train line maps, but it’s important that he gets on the right train), get off at the Harvard stop, walk across the street, and he’ll be in the Yard. 
It’d be good practice for him to take the T if he ends up going there, too, since I imagine that’s how he’d get into Boston most of the time anyway.</p>
<p>Given Boston traffic it might even be faster to take the T!</p>
<p>$1.70…</p>
<p>The Red Line is God’s subway. Fast. Reliable. Comfortable. If it weren’t for the Red Line, Harvard/MIT wouldn’t be the top 20 universities that they are. By the way, get off at Kendall for a real university!</p>
<p>MisterK are you a MIT snob? (lol)</p>
<p>Hah! Not really, but I do resent it when people call the MIT bridge “the Harvard Bridge.” As if Harvard grads could build a bridge.</p>
<p>From a real MIT nerd, MisterK clearly doesn’t know the Harvard Bridge story.</p>
<p>But seriously, take the Red Line. There are signs all over South Station leading you to various connections, and he just needs to hop on a train towards Alewife and ride it 7 stops until you end up at Harvard. It’s super easy.</p>
<p>Definitely take the Red Line- cheap and reliable. And it will go right through downtown Boston, emerge from underground at one of the best hospitals in the world (Mass General) cross the Charles River on a pretty bridge with a nice view of both Boston and Cambridge and then go back underground at MIT.</p>
<p>Regarding MIT, my son is a senior at Harvard where they refer to MIT as “that trade school down the street” but I agree that Harvard students couldn’t build a bridge that would stand very long.</p>
<p>So if the red line is Gods subway then the Green line is the peoples subway? Wow…</p>
<p>and the orange line is what???</p>
<p>Hey! Harvard now has engineering! They might actually be able to build a bridge these days! (And they have an architecture school so it might look pretty too.)</p>
<p>As somebody who regularly passes under that bridge, I can tell you that rowers all call it the Mass Ave Bridge. I was shocked to see it called the Harvard Bridge on a map. I can also tell you that MIT engineers made a boathouse that logistically makes no sense.</p>
<p>The Red Line is great. A no brainer for the OP. </p>
<p>When discussing the Green line, however, the locals say </p>
<p>“Should we walk or do we have time to take the T?”</p>
<p>Hey Mathmom, you’re right, Harvard does have an official (but not well known) engineering school - Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. HSEAS is the only “sub-school” inside of Harvard College (the undergraduate part of Harvard University.</p>
<p>My son is an applied math major in HSEAS. Harvard has two types of math majors - pure math is in the “normal college” and applied math is within HSEAS. I guess that makes me a MATHDAD - I should change my user name especially now that both of my kids are in college</p>
<p>Well, it’s actually known as the [Smoot</a> Bridge](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/spotlight/smoot-salute/]Smoot”>http://web.mit.edu/spotlight/smoot-salute/).</p>
<p>But when my D toured MIT, she was told about this [story](<a href=“Harvard Bridge - Wikipedia”>Harvard Bridge - Wikipedia):</a></p>
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<p>I’ve never heard it actually called the Smoot bridge, although everybody does know about Smoots. I’ve never heard it called the Harvard bridge either.</p>