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The MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) is a regional public transit authority in the state of Massachusetts providing bus and paratransit service to sixteen communities in the Boston MetroWest. The MWRTA was formed in 2006 and began service on July 1, 2007, with the purpose of filling a void in public transportation service in the ...
Local bus routes Lynn Garage Western Avenue, Lynn: Local bus routes; North Shore express routes: North Cambridge Carhouse: Massachusetts Avenue, North Cambridge: Formerly storage and maintenance for Harvard-based trolleybus routes; being converted for battery buses Quincy Garage Hancock Street, Quincy: Quincy-based local bus routes
Fifteen routes – 1, 15, 22, 23, 28, 32, 39, 57, 66, 71, 73, 77, 111, and 116 – are designated as key bus routes. The highest–ridership routes in the system, they supplement the subway system to provide frequent service to the densest areas of the city. Key bus routes typically operate at higher frequencies than other routes. [4]
Denotes any links to MBTA subway and MBTA bus routes, to other bus systems, to Amtrak trains, or to the CapeFLYER at the station. City/neighborhood: Identifies the municipality (and for Boston, the neighborhood) in which the station is located. Fare zone: Identifies which of the eleven fare zones the station is in.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 152 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as 0.25 miles (0.40 km)) for all residents living in areas with population densities greater than 5,000 inhabitants per square mile (1,900/km 2) within the MBTA's service district.
Shortly after the steam locomotive became practical for mass transportation, [6] the private Boston and Lowell Railroad was chartered in 1830. [7] The rail, which opened in 1835, [6] connected Boston to Lowell, [8] a major northerly mill town in northeast Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley, [9] via one of the oldest railroads in North America.
Merrimack Valley Transit, formerly known as Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority is a public, non-profit organization in Massachusetts, United States, charged with providing public transportation to an area consisting of the cities and towns of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley ...
Bradford Council and Metro are each providing 50% of the funding and have committed to the service until 2013. [12] In November 2009, it was announced that the 1 millionth passenger had been carried on the Bradford service, [1] and 1.5 million had been reached by June 2010. [2] There were 3 Optare Solo buses